Engineering on Capital Hill

摘要

On Monday 16 October, prime minister John Howard announced the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science in the Great Hall of Parliament House on "the Hill" in Canberra. It was a good night for engineering. Both Howard and the minister for education, science and training Julie Bishop mentioned engineers and engineering in their addresses, including a reannouncement of the additional 500 engineering places in Australian universities, making a total of 1010 new places announced in recent months. Who wouldn't be happy with that?