Published Resources Details
Book
- Title
- CSIRO's contribution to the nation: A record of how Australia has benefited from its investment in scientific research
- Imprint
- CSIRO Australia, Canberra, 1991, 22 pp
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0643051554
- Url
- https://www.eoas.info/bib-pdf/ASBS15831.pdf
- Format
- Description
A pdf copy was created on 2025-01-23.
- Abstract
As John Stocker noted in his "Introduction" (pdf page 5):
"Back in the sixties Australia lived comfortably from the strong world demand for mineral and agricultural products. Our manufacturing and service industries operated behind protective barriers. The nation's current account deficit, foreign debt, interest rates and inflation were matters of small numbers and little public interest. They were largely matters for the finance pages of our newspapers.
We now must struggle to be competitive internationally: the nation's newspaper headlines scream about disturbing foreign debt, high inflation, and high interest rates.
To trade out of these problems, we must not only build on our traditional strengths, but also capture some of the rapidly growing markets for goods and services based on advanced technologies.
Meeting our economic challenges is being made all the harder by the pressing need to protect and repair our fragile environment. The greenhouse effect, which threatens dramatic changes to our climate, holes in the ozone layer and land degradation are major concerns, along with a myriad other
environmental issues ranging from the destruction of wilderness to the chemical contamination of Australia's oceans."[Ed 2025-01-23: This resonates strongly with readers in 2025.]
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