ABC 3 in 2008?

NEWS.COM AU is reporting that Prime Minister John Howard will launch ABC 3, a dedicated digital children's channel during the forthcoming election campaign.   It is suggested that the channel will geature 50% Australian content and provide an additional screening venue for the many Australian childrens programs that have been created.

This would be great news, but it sounds like the channel may only have a limit budget, allowing it to re-play existing content, rather than create all new programs.    It's not that long ago that ABC had a digital childrens channel in FLY TV.