{"id":5159,"date":"2020-02-19T22:46:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T22:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=5159"},"modified":"2020-02-19T22:46:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T22:46:51","slug":"space-strategy-provides-lift-off-for-nsw-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/02\/19\/space-strategy-provides-lift-off-for-nsw-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"SPACE STRATEGY PROVIDES LIFT OFF FOR NSW BUSINESSES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NSW will be at the forefront of the rapidly growing billion-dollar space industry under a new Space Strategy announced today.<br \/>\nThe NSW Space Industry Development Strategy will maximise opportunities for NSW businesses to take advantage of the growing demand for space technologies estimated to be worth $420 billion globally.<br \/>\nMinister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said industries from the cities and regions would have the support of the NSW Government to ensure the state leads the innovative sector.<br \/>\n\u201cNearly every industry is looking to increase its output and improve its efficiency through space-enabled technologies,\u201d Mr Ayres said.<br \/>\n\u201cSpace is not just about what\u2019s up there, it\u2019s also about what\u2019s down here. These technologies are used in robotics, agriculture, energy, communications, transportation, aviation, advanced manufacturing, information technology and construction. They are in the technology we all use in our daily lives.\u201d<br \/>\nThe $5 million Space Strategy will include the delivery of a National Space Industry Hub, located in the Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct, with expressions of interest (EOI) to run the Hub now open.<br \/>\nThe EOI process will also include searching for a delivery partner to facilitate access to space for start-ups and researchers looking to commercialise their technologies through a space qualification mission.<br \/>\nThe strategy will also support the NSW Government\u2019s commitment to develop a space manufacturing and testing facility at the Aerotropolis. The Western Sydney Aerotropolis will include world-class space, aviation, defence and advanced manufacturing industries and training and research institutions.<br \/>\nNSW currently accounts for 41 per cent of all Australian space businesses and 35 per cent of Australia\u2019s university space research and development.<br \/>\nTo download the full NSW space industry development strategy, click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.business.nsw.gov.au\/industry-sectors\/industry-opportunities\/space\">here<\/a>. To submit an EOI for the National Space Hub or space qualification mission, go to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tenders.nsw.gov.au\/?event=public.rft.show&amp;RFTUUID=64961A75-A68D-A89E-119235E3ED18099D\">NSW Government eTendering website<\/a>.\u00a0Submissions close 22 March 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSW will be at the forefront of the rapidly growing billion-dollar space industry under a new Space Strategy announced today. The NSW Space Industry Development Strategy will maximise opportunities for NSW businesses to take advantage of the growing demand for space technologies estimated to be worth $420 billion globally. Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/02\/19\/space-strategy-provides-lift-off-for-nsw-businesses\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SPACE STRATEGY PROVIDES LIFT OFF FOR NSW BUSINESSES&#8221;<\/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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5159","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=5159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}