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SpatialNews Press Release
Spatial Information Industry Boosted By Commonwealth Support
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Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Senator Nick Minchin, today said
the offer of a Commonwealth grant to an Australian spatial information industry
consortium will boost the Government’s Spatial Information Industry Action
Agenda.
The $618 754 grant was offered to Spatial Australia, Spatial Education Australia,
Consulting Surveyors Australia and MapInfo Australia (Pty) Ltd under the
Government’s Technology Diffusion Program. The grant will assist the consortium to
facilitate the transfer of new technologies to Australian industry and create a highly
skilled and innovative workforce.
The spatial information industry covers remote sensing, photogrammetry, mapping,
surveying, land administration and geographic information systems. It provides business
and industry with the facilities to access data and resources.
The consortium represents a wide cross-section of the spatial information industry. The
funded project, when complete, will facilitate the easy transfer of innovative and enabling
technologies from research and development organisations to industry service providers.
“The Commonwealth Government acknowledged the industry’s importance to the
Australian economy when it established the Spatial Information Industry Action Agenda
last year,” Senator Minchin said. “This partnership between the industry and the
Commonwealth Government, will help facilitate its future growth.
“The Government believes the spatial information industry has the potential to generate
significant economic benefits given its strong knowledge-based foundation and high
value-added component.
“The industry is still developing but international market studies show that world-wide
expenditure on spatial information is already about $US 17 billion a year and growing at
a rate of 20 per cent.”
In congratulating the industry on the grant offer, Senator Minchin said the Action
Agenda process allowed industry and Government to work together to strengthen the
capacity of Australian industries to compete globally.
“Like all the other Action Agenda initiatives put in place by the Government, the Spatial
Information Industry Action Agenda helps to identify impediments to growth in specific
sectors of the industry and remove them. It also helps the industry to identify
opportunities and then take advantage of them.
“The Action Agendas are driven by the industry and facilitated by Government,”
Senator Minchin said. “They are part of a comprehensive set of measures the
Government has put in place to help Australian Industry compete globally.
“Earlier this year the Prime Minister issued the innovation statement Backing
Australia’s Ability,
which will provide a further $2.9 billion of Commonwealth investment in Australia’s
research abilities and skills. It underscores the Government’s commitment to the future
growth of an innovative Australian economy.”
For more information on the Spatial Information Industry Action Agenda, visit the
Department’s website at www.isr.gov.au
For more information on the Technology Diffusion Program and other assistance
measures delivered by the Government’s business unit, AusIndustry, visit their website
at www.ausindustry.gov.au or call the AusIndustry Hotline on 13 28 46.
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