Tag: Space

Coalition lift for space payloads

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

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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 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...

$12 million added to SA space push

Posted on   |  by James Riley
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 James Riley
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...

Karen Andrews on science ambition

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Industry, Science and Technology Minister Karen Andrews says Australia needs to address where the skills shortages are now before the country looks to importing labour. This is one of...

ANU’s search for space business

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian National University in Canberra is the latest institution to jump on the space sector bandwagon, launching a new Institute of Space to act as a bridge between...

Space needs further boost: Gilmour

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government will need to contribute significantly more resources to the nascent Australian space sector if it wants to get even close to achieving its goal of tripling its...