Industry Research and Development (Space Literacy and Workforce Program) Instrument 2024 (Cth)

Industry Research and Development (Space Literacy and Workforce Program) Instrument 2024 I, Ed Husic, Minister for Industry and Science, make the following instrument.

Dated: 4 July 2024

Ed Husic Minister for Industry and Science

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Prescribed program 6 Specified legislative power

1 Name This instrument is the Industry Research and Development (Space Literacy and Workforce Program) Instrument 2024.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority This instrument is made under section 33 of the Industry Research and Development Act 1986.

4 Definitions In this instrument: Act means the Industry Research and Development Act 1986. program: see subsection 5(1). space-related learning includes disciplines relevant to space such as robotics, project management, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, meteorology, science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

5 Prescribed program (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the Space Literacy and Workforce Program (the program) is prescribed. (2) The program is a national initiative that advances space education, awareness and participation in Australia, including by funding: (a) the operation, improvement and expansion of the Australian Space Discovery Centre, including by increasing its capacity to enable communities around Australia to engage with space; (b) the promotion of space-related learning within the education sector, including the support of students in space-related competitions and programs; (c) measures to support First Nations Australians to establish space-related careers; (d) the promotion of awareness of space-related careers, including by promoting community understanding of space and the benefits of a space-related career; (e) the provision of space-related science, technology, engineering, mathematics and related skill development opportunities, including opportunities in relation to the development of emerging skills, for persons pursuing, or who may pursue, space-related careers.