Industry and Science minister Ed Husic has released a refreshed 2023 ‘List of Critical Technologies’ identifying seven key areas of national interest, after a review found the need for a catalogue with greater focus and purpose.
Mr Husic unveiled the updated list on Friday morning, just days after the government stumped up $100-odd million for a new critical technologies package in the federal Budget.
The list, which has been under review by the Industry department since August last year, is the second to be published in less than two years and follows the former Coalition government’s national security-focused critical technologies blueprint in November 2021.
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