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Premium Content Subscriber only The Whitsundays will facilitate Queensland’s first foray into the multi-trillion-dollar global space industry, after a feasibility study found a site at Abbot Point, north of Bowen, is suitable for rocket launches. Deputy Premier Steven Miles said the government was committed the development of launch infrastructure, and keen to work with private investors and local stakeholders on a plan for the Abbot Point site, with venture-backed Gilmour Space Technologies already expressing significant interest. Mr Miles said the government’s aim was to “position the state to have the potential to meet longer-term, broader industry requirements” and this may result in multiple launch facilities being developed, likely along the coast.

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