Coalition commits to new Colombo plan, sending 300 students overseas

TONY Abbott has recommitted the Coalition to implementing a new Colombo plan to provide financial support to allow up to 300 young Australians to study in the Asia-Pacific region.

The $100m five-year plan, modelled on the original Colombo plan which between the 1950s and the 1980s assisted 40, 000 people from the region to study in Australia.

SID MAHER From: The Australian August 30, 2013