Australian Space Office

This article is about the Keating space agency. For the modern space agency, see Australian Space Agency.

Australian Space Office
Agency overview
Formed1987 (1987)[1]
Dissolved1996 (1996)[2]
Superseding agency
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Australia
HeadquartersBarton, Canberra
Employees20 (1992)[3]: p. 2 
Annual budgetA$4 million
Minister responsible
Parent departmentDepartment of Industry, Technology and Commerce[4]

The Australian Space Office (ASO) was an agency formed by the Hawke government in 1987 to oversee the National Space Program. The office worked on the initiative along with the Australian Space Board, later the Australian Space Council. As part of the larger National Space Program, the ASO was established specifically to act as the secretariat and day-to-day manager of the advisory decisions made by the ASB/ASC. The office was abolished in 1996 by the Howard government after a review by the Bureau of Industry Economics.

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  3. ^ "Research Report 43; An Economic Evaluation of the National Space Program". Bureau of Industry Economics RPTS. 41–46. Australian Government Publishing Service. 1992.
  4. ^ "Industry, Technology and Commerce DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCE". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Public Service (National : 1977 - 2007). 22 December 1988. p. 5044. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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