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Space, the new Defence spending frontier

More than $7 billion will be spent to transform how Australia’s defence force operates in space, with a focus on improving sovereign capability. Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday...

Collaboration the key to space tech

19 February 2020 | by Larry Marshall

With this week marking the official opening of the Australian Space Agency Headquarters in Adelaide, Australia is on a fast track into new frontiers. The Space Agency is already...

CSIRO’s Williams hails space deal

22 September 2019 | by James Riley

The CSIRO’s most senior space sector executive Dave Williams has hailed the Australian Space Agency’s collaborative partnership with NASA and says the $150 million funding commitment from government deals...

Space funding is still ‘inadequate’

2 September 2019 | by Denham Sadler

Funding earmarked by the Federal government to grow the local space sector and help Australian companies engage internationally remains “woefully inadequate” and at the “extreme low end” of what...

State space race gathers pace

27 June 2019 | by Joan Westenberg

The Queensland government has ramped up efforts to snag a bigger slice of Australia’s nascent space sector, committing to the development of a Queensland Space Strategy to address space...

ARC training a boost for space

17 June 2019 | by Aimee Chanthadavong

Liberal senator Arthur Sinodinos has pledged to keep a keen eye on science and innovation, even as he is set to become Australia’s next Ambassador to the United States....

Coalition lift for space payloads

13 May 2019 | by James Riley

The space sector has become an unlikely battleground for competing industry policies in the 2019 election, as Industry Minister Karen Andrews on Monday unveiled a further $3.5 million package...

Labor pledge $7.5m for SKA telescope

10 May 2019 | by James Riley

An elected Labor government would provide $7.5 million towards a major telescope project in Western Australia in a “white coat meets blue collar” policy announcement. The funding will be...

Labor takes $20m aim at space

6 May 2019 | by James Riley

Labor says it will splash $20 million to establish a space industry cluster in the NSW regional suburb of Jerrabomberra, located just over the border with the Australian Capital...

$110M SmartSat CRC launched

15 April 2019 | by James Riley

A new $110 million smart satellites Cooperative Research Centre will be the “engine room” for the Australian space sector and help local companies take on the world, its CEO...

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