Sid Sidebottom announces $5m UTAS research grant - Southern Cross News - 1 June 2012
Channel: Sid Sidebottom MP
Date: 2012-12-19

Southern Cross TV news - Sid Sidebottom announces two significant research facilities will be developed at the University of Tasmania thanks to a $5 million grant from the Gillard Government.

Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Federal Member for Braddon, Mr Sid Sidebottom, made the announcement at the University of Tasmania in Hobart on Friday 1 June 2012.

The $5 million funding grant will help drive research and innovation at the University of Tasmania's Experimental Aquaculture Facility (EAF) and National Institute for Future Forest Industries (NIFFI).

Mr Sidebottom said both fisheries and forestry were critical industries for Tasmania, employing thousands of Tasmanians and assisting the local economy.