Summary of proposal
Party
Australian Labor Party
Policy Topic
Defence
Portfolio
Defence
This proposal would establish the Advanced Strategic Research Agency (ASRA) within the Defence Portfolio to fund research in technologies for national security. ASRA would be modelled off of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency within the US.
Funding for ASRA would be redirected from currently unallocated funding under the Defence Innovation Hubs.
This proposal would commence from 1 July 2022.