Forrest, ANZ support new Colombo plan - The Australian

MINING magnate Twiggy Forrest, ANZ Bank and the giant Indonesian business conglomerate the Lippo group have backed a Coalition plan that would see thousands of young Australians take up study programs and work placements in Asia.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said the scholarship and internship

program, which would start within the first two years of a Coalition

government, could become the ``Fulbrights'' of the region.