Oct 30 2024 34 mins 2
In October, Scott Morrison was surprisingly unveiled as the new chairman of Space Centre Australia, the planned spaceport in Far North Queensland.
The move has the potential to hugely disrupt Australia’'s launch sector, which already has four spaceports scattered around the country.
Now, a few weeks later, the former prime minister joins Robert Dougherty in our studio in North Sydney.
The pair discuss the new government’s cuts to the space sector, whether the industry will recover, and how Australia can take advantage of its geographical advantages to become a leader in launch.
