Page 1709 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 15 May 2019
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the city, now have many more options on how they move around the city. It is certainly the case that we are looking to further invest in bike storage facilities at school locations and also particularly along our rapid transport routes.
While we are speaking about school services, I note in relation to a previous question about Red Hill Primary School and residents living in the Causeway that there is a school route, school route 2024, that services that school.
MR PARTON: Minister, who is responsible for these primary school aged children at interchanges when they are unable to board a bus due to the bike racks being full?
MS FITZHARRIS: Again, if there are instances of this I would be keen to hear of them. It would certainly be the case that our customer service assistants would work with them to make sure that they could get onto the next available bus.
MISS C BURCH: Minister, parents have been told by your directorate that if they have three children travelling with three bikes you do not have a service available for them. Do you stand by that advice?
MS FITZHARRIS: I will take advice on that. If that particular instance has been raised with my directorate, I will talk to them about it.
Government—space industry policy
MR PETTERSSON: My question is to the Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Advanced Technology and Space Industries. Minister, what update can you provide about the space sector in Canberra?
MR GENTLEMAN: I thank Mr Pettersson for his interest in the sector. The space industry is growing quickly and is worth $US345 billion globally today. It is expected to grow to more than $US1.1 trillion by 2040. In Australia the space sector is expected to grow seven per cent over the next five years, outpacing Australia’s gross domestic product, increasing from around 10,000 jobs to 30,000 jobs and is expected to be worth $A12 billion per annum by 2030. Almost one in four of Australia’s space sector jobs, around 2,000 jobs, are in Canberra.
Our city has a long and direct involvement with some of the biggest events in international space exploration, providing critical support to missions from the first moon landing in 1969 to the 2008 Mars Phoenix landing and beyond. The capability of our local industry is internationally renowned. Canberra’s research and education institutions, innovative local SMEs, global exporters and multinational primes with large space programs already make a significant contribution to the global space economy.
The ACT’s ecosystems include end-to-end capability for the design, test and manufacture of Australia’s next generation of micro and small-scale satellites. The future of Australia’s space industry and the economic and social opportunities that lie ahead for Canberra are very exciting.
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