The National Quantum Strategy, Australian Centre for Quantum Growth, and national artificial intelligence (AI) centre are a necessary trio to keep pace with this rapidly transforming field.Īustralia has a National Quantum Strategy. Our engineering and technology workforce is studded with gaps in areas such as civil engineering, telecommunications and mining, to name just a few. We’re already behind our OECD counterparts – Australia trains an insufficient number of engineers, with just 8.5% of Australian university graduates receiving engineering degrees compared with over 12% in Canada and over 23% in Germany. This budget also aims to make safer online spaces with a welcome $7.9 million for combating misinformation and disinformation via the Australian Communications and Media Authority, and $101.6 million for cybersecurity.Īustralia needs a robust cybersecurity overhaul – not whack-a-mole bans on apps like TikTokīut here, too, is a miss in the education and career pathways to train, support, and continue to develop Australia’s digital workforce.
We’ll never say no to more STEM degrees in this engineer-poor, rapidly innovating world. This is necessary to meet our commitments under AUKUS. The nuclear submarine workforce will be bolstered by $128.5 million for 4,000 new places for tertiary STEM education. The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator will see A$3.4 billion over a decade to translate disruptive new technologies – such as hypersonic research and quantum decryption – into defence capability.
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