Australia announces creation of national space agencyAustralia enters space race with national agency. Australia's government has announced that it will establish a new national agency to grow Australia's domestic space industry. NASA Australia has created a national space agency, similar to the USA's Nasa"A national space agency will ensure we have a strategic long-term plan that supports the development and application of space technologies and grows our domestic space industry. States and territories have been jockeying for the establishment of a dedicated space agency over the past few months. The recommendation for the national space agency came from a review announced by Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos in July.

Source: Stuff September 24, 2017 22:55 UTC