Tag: Space

Space funding is still ‘inadequate’

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
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

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
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

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
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

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
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...

$12 million added to SA space push

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
The federal government has pledged an additional $12 million to the local space sector, with a new mission control centre and education facility to be established in Adelaide. But...

Stability key for science outcomes

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
It started so well. A quantum computing professor, Michelle Simmons, was named Australian of the Year and for a moment 2018 looked like it would be a bright and...