Space agency handed two-year budget lifeline


David Allen
Reporter

Australia’s space industry regulator will still face a funding cliff in 2028 despite a $22 million top up in Tuesday’s federal budget and in defiance of warnings the vital sector is not being allowed to scale.

The Australian Space Agency (ASA) will keep the lights on for another two years thanks to a $1.5 billion lifeline thrown by the Albanese government, to be shared across multiple national science agencies.

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