Date Of Access: 17 October 2024 Date Of Publication: 15 August 2025 Subject: Question Time Briefs Provided By The Science And Technology Group To The Minister For Industry And Science.

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The Department of Industry, Science and Resources prepared question time briefs on Australian space industry matters, including updates on Gilmour Space's launch permit application under the Space (Launches and Returns) Act 2018, emphasizing the balance between safety regulation and entrepreneurship. A Technology Safeguards Agreement with the US entered force in July 2024, enabling US space companies to launch and return spacecraft from Australian spaceports while protecting sensitive US technology. The agreement is projected to generate up to 100 space launches over the next decade worth $1 billion to the Australian economy. The briefs also referenced Moon to Mars and International Space Investment Initiative grant programs supporting Australian companies in global space supply chains, though specific outcomes from funding rounds 8 and 9 were incomplete in the disclosed excerpt.