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Editorial
Boost for Biotechnology in Budget
by Professor Patrick R. Carnegie

•  Biotechnology in the Australian CapitalTerritory
by Lyndal Thorburn

CSIRO
•  Australia's Largest Scientific Research Agency

•  Biotechnology in NSW
by Lyndal Thorburn

•  Biotech Australia: Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Skills for the Asian Market

•  Bio-Care Technology Pty. Ltd.
Bio-Care Technology has an exciting future and hopes to successfully promote useful bacteria and fungal agents in the agricultural/horticultural industries.

•  Cellabs Pty. Ltd.
Cellabs pioneered the use of the monoclonal antibodies for the detection of Giardia and Cryptosporidium parasites in Australian water supplies and is now the leading supplier to the UK and European water industry.

•  Queensland's Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industries

•  Biotechnology in Western Australia
by Dr. Michael Borowitzka