Anthony Pratt
Anthony Pratt
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Australia is a resource-rich nation. We have been good at exploiting our minerals base and agricultural sector for exports.
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New Zealand's food and beverage industry is the lynchpin of the country's prosperity. Which may explain why it has concentrated their governments' minds.
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In my view, helping to feed a hungry world is Australia's greatest responsibility and opportunity in the 21st century.
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They have to make a convincing argument they have the best idea. The biggest challenge they're going to have with their engine is that, it seems so easy, I think a lot of people are going to think it's too good to be true.
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Private is our DNA, in my DNA. It enables us to make decisions for the long term.
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Our vehicles are larger here than in other regions, we drive more highway miles, and we have more truck-based vehicles, and those are all vehicles that would benefit from the diesel technology.
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Future growth will be the result of more vehicle manufacturers entering the hybrid-electric market and a greater number of hybrid models. There are currently only 11 hybrid models available in the U.S market, and by 2012 that number could increase to 52 models.
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High-profile industry disruptions such as steel or car plant closures attract much media and political attention.
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Food manufacturing is an ideal candidate for targeted accelerated depreciation because the food industry, our biggest industry, creates significant flow-on benefits.
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The Second Green Revolution, as the world's population grows to over 9 billion by 2050, is the new revolution we have to have to lift food production by another 75 percent.
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It can be hard to get large and expensive projects approved in a federal budget. The recent events show that it is better to make the investment before a disaster occurs.
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Finishing all of these projects would be the biggest accomplishment in terms of protecting our beaches during my time with (the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control,
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My faith in the economic potential of the low carbon economy is not an untested prediction.
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I am very proud of being Jewish. I went to a Jewish school all my life.