Australia has dropped the ball on Asian languages

"Australia has dropped the ball on Asian languages"

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Kevin Rudd says Australia has to lift its game to reverse declining student enrolments in Asian languages "if we are to secure our future in this century of the Asia-Pacific".

The Queensland backbencher foreshadowed speaking about the issue of Asian language take-up at greater length throughout the year.

Aust failing on Asian languages: Rudd