Australia must ‘hold our nerve’ on quantum investment


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Australia must “hold our nerve” on quantum with ongoing government investment and an ecosystem build-out of advanced infrastructure, supply chains and markets in coming decades, former chief scientist Dr Cathy Foley says.

Dr Foley, who is an accomplished physicist and wrote Australia’s first national quantum strategy in 2023, on Tuesday said the right policy and investment levers have been pulled to position Australia as a global quantum leader.

But even …

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