{"id":1002,"date":"2018-12-12T22:43:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T22:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=1002"},"modified":"2018-12-12T22:43:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T22:43:38","slug":"australian-space-agency-to-adelaide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2018\/12\/12\/australian-space-agency-to-adelaide\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Space Agency to Adelaide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia\u2019s Space Agency will be located in Adelaide, reinforcing South Australia\u2019s long-standing contribution to the nation\u2019s space journey.
\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison said South Australia was a key hub for innovation and the technology industry, making it the ideal home for the new Agency.
\n\u201cAustralia\u2019s space industry is set to hit new heights,\u201d the Prime Minister said.
\n\u201cThis Agency is going to open doors for local businesses and Australian access to the US$345 billion global space industry.
\n\u201cOur government\u2019s $41 million investment into the Agency will act as a launching pad to triple Australia\u2019s space economy to $12 billion and create up to 20,000 jobs by 203 0.
\n\u201cThis Agency is part of our plan for a stronger economy for South Australia and the country which is about delivering long-term, high-wage, high-skills jobs.\u201d
\nThe Agency, to be located at Lot Fourteen at the old Royal Adelaide Hospital site, is also key to the new Adelaide City Deal, with a Memorandum of Understanding signed today by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and South Australian Premier Steven Marshall, aimed at turbo-charging Adelaide\u2019s economy and driving long term investment in the city.
\nPremier Marshall said long-term investment in Adelaide and its space sector would drive entrepreneurship and innovation while enhancing the city\u2019s liveability.
\n\u201cSouth Australia is the ideal location for the Australian Space Agency with a range of local space industry businesses already established here as well as a rapidly growing defence industry sector.
\n\u201cEstablishing the headquarters of the Austr alian Space Agency in South Australia will launch our space and defence sectors to the next level.
\n\u201cI look forward to working with the Federal Government, industry and our education sector to capitalise on this incredible opportunity for our state.\u201d
\nMinister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews said Adelaide was selected to host the Agency after putting forward the strongest case.
\n\u201cSouth Australia is already home to more than 60 organisations and 800 employees in the space sector and this decision builds on the very strong technology and defence presence in the state,\u201d Minister Andrews said.
\n\u201cAustralia\u2019s science, research and technology sectors are key in improving the competitiveness of Australian businesses \u2013 and only under our government\u2019s strategic and strong economic management can these flourishing sectors continue to expand.
\n\u201cWe are committed to growing Australia\u2019s space sector, and our Government is also investing $260 million to develop world leading satellite capabilities, and to significantly increase GPS accuracy in our cities and regional areas.\u201d
\nMinister for Cities, Urban Infrastructure and Population Alan Tudge said the redevelopment of the old Royal Adelaide Hospital will harness Adelaide\u2019s greatest strengths \u2013 its cultural depth, research excellence and commercial potential.
\n\u201cThe Agency location and the Adelaide City Deal will align to allow better management of population growth and city planning,\u201d Minister Tudge said.
\n\u201cThis will ensure jobs, infrastructure, services and public spaces are in place to create a faster-growing, productive and liveable Adelaide.\u201d
\n\u201cCity Deals are about all three levels of government working together to drive the local economy and we are already see many cities benefitting from these deals including Darwin, Townsville, Launceston and Western Sydney.\u201d
\nThe Australian Space Agency will be located in Adelaide by mid-2019 and is set to employ 20 full-time equivalent staff in Adelaide.
\nAdditional information about the Agency can be found at\u00a0www.space.gov.au<\/a>. More information on the City Deal is available at\u00a0https:\/\/citydeals.infrastructure.gov.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australia\u2019s Space Agency will be located in Adelaide, reinforcing South Australia\u2019s long-standing contribution to the nation\u2019s space journey. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said South Australia was a key hub for innovation and the technology industry, making it the ideal home for the new Agency. \u201cAustralia\u2019s space industry is set to hit new heights,\u201d the Prime … Continue reading “Australian Space Agency to Adelaide”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}