Did I miss something or was there little discussion and few real outcomes regarding the future of Australia's (engineering) infrastructure last weekend? I have yet to come across anything concrete addressing water, energy, transport, communications, and other (physical and intellectual) infrastructure; granted, it's not very interesting to hear discussions about such dry things during a public summit, but that's no reason to skirt over the issues. Or is it? Let us not forget about how behind we are, compared to the US, Europe, and now Asia, in terms of technological innovation (read: more and better allocated research funding, investment, and industry support please!).
Rudd has an obvious focus on social justice (for the bush and in town), especially in the area of education reform. It's great that schools will have computers, but without the Internet and other communications infrastructure (especially in regional areas), education will always be ten steps behind. Just in case I really have missed something whilst skimming the piles of reports and summaries generated from the weekend, I'll stop here and do some more reading (for my PhD, of course). More later.
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