A single national space strategy that positions northern Australia as a global launch hub should be developed as a matter of urgency to address “worrying headwinds” facing the sector in the wake of more than $1 billion in budget cuts.
An Australian Strategic Policy Institute report, to be released on Thursday, urges the Albanese government to revive work on a strategy to unify commercial, civil and defence aspects of space policy.
“The absence of a national space policy, or a national space strategy, is a key weakness in the Australian space sector,” the report, produced by space policy expert Dr Malcolm Davis and part funded by the Northern Territory government, will say.
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Please explain why Australia needs a Space industry. How many of the world’s 195 countries have one? Asking for all the people struggling financially.