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Looking to the future with Labor

Posted at 5:10 PM, 11/5/2007

Sign Labor's broadband petition

BROADBAND PETITION

Federal Labor will revolutionise Australia’s internet infrastructure by creating a new National Broadband Network. New services and benefits include:

• Connection times up to 40 times faster than current speeds
• Slashing telephone bills for small business
• Enhancing business services such as teleconferencing, video conferencing and virtual private networks
• Enhancing capacity for services like e-education and e-health
• Providing high definition, multi-channel and inter-active TV services

To sign the petition, click here.

BUDGET REPLY SPEECH

"I am an optimist when it comes to our country’s future. Tonight I want to outline Labor's plan and vision for our nation.

"I believe budgets should not be about the next election. They should be about the next decade. They should reflect the ambition we have for our nation’s long-term future.

"We are truly blessed to be Australians. We live in a stable democracy, when many in the world do not. We have enjoyed great prosperity – and have benefited from a time of unparalleled world economic growth.

"And to cap this off, we have prospered from the rise of China, the rise of India and the global resources boom.

"The benefits of this are washing through the economy, creating jobs, generating new businesses and boosting government revenues to an all time high.

"We are part of a world that is changing faster than ever before, and there is nothing to hold us back as a nation and as a people – except a lack of long-term vision..."

To read on, and to view Kevin Rudd's new television commercial, click here.

TRADES IN SCHOOLS PLAN

Kevin Rudd and Labor's Education Shadow, Stephen Smith, have announced Labor’s 10-year, $2.5 billion Trades Training Centres in Schools Plan.

This would see new trade centres built in Australia’s 2,650 secondary schools.

There are around one million students in Government, Catholic and Independent Secondary schools who could benefit from the Plan.

Not every Australian kid wants to go to university and Labor's plan responds to their needs.

Labor will give these students the best possible education and training so they can develop the skills they need to secure the jobs they want in the future.

To read more, click here.

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