{"id":4305,"date":"2023-05-18T05:35:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T05:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidn.org.au\/?p=4305"},"modified":"2023-05-18T05:35:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T05:35:47","slug":"space-low-priority-for-new-government-suggests-ela-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidn.sparkweb.cloud\/space-low-priority-for-new-government-suggests-ela-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Space low priority for new government, suggests ELA chief"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Speaking at Space Connect\u2019s Australian Space Summit, Michael Jones added it was \u201cdisappointing\u201d that the recent budget\u00a0cut $77 million of investment<\/a>\u00a0announced by the previous administration.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cCall it what it is: the lack of federal government support with the change in government makes me nervous, and it makes the job really hard,\u201d said Jones.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He hinted he believes space is now an afterthought for the Department of Industry, Science and Resources and quipped you had to \u201clook hard\u201d on its website to even spot the Australian Space Agency.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cPoor Enrico [Palermo, head of the ASA] is three or four levels down in that organization, and that really worries me. As an industry, we had claims last year that we\u2019re looking for 20,000 jobs and $20 billion of economic stimulus in the future. We\u2019re not going to get there if we don\u2019t support the industry.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cBecause as we travel around the world trying to get rocket companies to come to Australia, there are a number of impediments for them that we have to design strategies to overcome.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re also competing against sovereign entities almost everywhere, who are supporting the industry in very, very financial and demonstrable ways, which make it hard for us to compete.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jones is one of the most high-profile figures in the Australian Space industry after ELA last year\u00a0launched three NASA rockets\u00a0<\/a>from its site in the Northern Territory.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n