Prime Minister Morrison announces that Australia's new space agency has settled in Adelaide.
South Australia stands out from strong state competition with the help of local elite NASA astronaut Andy Thomas.
The agency will be located at the site of the former Royal Adelaide Hospital in Lot Fourteen,.
The prime minister said South Australia is the ideal home for the new agency and has become a key hub for the space technology industry.
"Australia's space industry will hit a new high." "the agency will open the door for the local economy and Australians will take a slice of the $345 billion global space industry," Morrison said. Our $41 million investment in government will be a launch, and Australia's space economy will triple from $12 billion to create 20, 000 jobs by 2030. "
The prime minister said the agency was one of government's plans to develop South Australia's economy.
Governor Steven Marshall said the agency would strengthen the city's livability and lift the state's defense industry to new levels.
Many space companies, including Fleet Space Technologies, have settled in Adelaide.
Nanosatellite company Myriota also increased its investment by nearly 20 million yuan.
This morning, Western Australia Governor McGowan said he learned of the federal government decision from the Twitter.
"Federal government shouldn't do this," he said before the COAG meeting. Western Australia has experience with the European Space Agency (ESA) in space stations and has the vast space needed for the industry. I feel very disappointed. We have a better GST, but Western Australia should not be forgotten. South Australia already has a submarine contract and a frigate contract in the future, and I think it's time for other states to benefit fairly. "
The governor of the new state also expressed "disappointment" at the decision of the federal government.
The chief executive of the capital territories also criticized the federal government decision, saying Canberra was the agency's "logical home."
The agency will settle in Lot Fourteen, by mid-2019 and will employ 20 people.
