Karen Andrews (McPherson, Liberal Party, Minister for Industry) Share this | Hansard source

Importantly, space is not just about launch. Space impacts us all every single day. Australian farmers use space capability to monitor the health of their crops. Emergency workers track the progress of bushfires. Scientists study the impacts and the effects of drought. We all know how important it is for our farmers that we use every available resource to help them in this particularly difficult experience and time that they have. So we on this side of the House are committed to growing the space industry so that we are developing more jobs for scientists, for engineers, for technicians and for tradespeople. We want to make sure that our young people have opportunities that they never would have thought of 50 years ago for the jobs of the future. Let me say this: space has long been called the final frontier, but under the Morrison government space is the new jobs frontier.

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