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| Rudd plans summit on 2020 vision | Rudd plans summit on 2020 vision |
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| Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has revealed plans for a summit to discuss the challenges facing Australia and to set a vision for the future. | Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has revealed plans for a summit to discuss the challenges facing Australia and to set a vision for the future. |
| He is calling it the 2020 summit, which will be held in Canberra in April. | He is calling it the 2020 summit, which will be held in Canberra in April. |
| One thousand people have been invited to participate in the two-day event, including businessmen, academics and opposition politicians and a film star. | |
| They will discuss a range of issues, from saving rural communities to building sustainable cities. | |
| Film actress Cate Blanchett has also been asked to chair a committee. | Film actress Cate Blanchett has also been asked to chair a committee. |
| Since becoming Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd has set out to modernise Australia - a country that is surprisingly backward when it comes to things like broadband speeds and major infrastructure projects. | Since becoming Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd has set out to modernise Australia - a country that is surprisingly backward when it comes to things like broadband speeds and major infrastructure projects. |
| To that end, he wants to bring together 1,000 of the country's best and brightest brains for two days of discussion in Canberra. | To that end, he wants to bring together 1,000 of the country's best and brightest brains for two days of discussion in Canberra. |
| Hollywood role | Hollywood role |
| There will be talks on whether the country's federal system, with power divided between Canberra and the states, offers the best model of government; discussions on the needs of the digital economy; and on the future of rural communities currently suffering the effects of the worst drought in 100 years. | There will be talks on whether the country's federal system, with power divided between Canberra and the states, offers the best model of government; discussions on the needs of the digital economy; and on the future of rural communities currently suffering the effects of the worst drought in 100 years. |
| Because Mr Rudd wants to make this a truly national forum, which transcends partisan politics, he has invited a number of leading opposition politicians to chair some of the 10 committees. | Because Mr Rudd wants to make this a truly national forum, which transcends partisan politics, he has invited a number of leading opposition politicians to chair some of the 10 committees. |
| Schools are also being urged to conduct their own summits, to nurture a sense of common endeavour. | Schools are also being urged to conduct their own summits, to nurture a sense of common endeavour. |
| He has also sought to sprinkle the gathering with the glitter of Hollywood celebrity. Film actress Cate Blanchett will chair a discussion group with the theme "towards a creative Australia". | He has also sought to sprinkle the gathering with the glitter of Hollywood celebrity. Film actress Cate Blanchett will chair a discussion group with the theme "towards a creative Australia". |