Industries

Big investment brings big rewards.

The Australian government is supporting key industry sectors with targeted funding and incentives.

These thriving sectors are seeing strong growth and exports, powered by Australian innovation and international partnerships.

Join Australia’s success.

Priority sectors

 

Australia’s priority sectors - Advanced manufacturing, health and life sciences, financial services and enabling sectors

 

Advanced manufacturing - Welding

Advanced manufacturing

Australia is investing big in advanced manufacturing, which means outstanding opportunities for business
Australian Critical Minerals Prospectus 2020

Critical minerals

Providing scarce and precious resources that fuel clean innovations and power the world
Satellite Communications Under A Starry Sky

Space

Inviting expert contributions from business and industry to take us beyond the stars
Defence - Strike fighter

Defence

Multiple opportunities for niche technology projects and industry partnerships in defence
Recycling and clean energy - woman

Recycling and clean energy

Seeking a lighter footprint through future-thinking, clean, clever, low-impact, innovation programs
Robot picking tomatoes

Food and agriculture

Providing a huge slice of cutting edge agtech and foodtech to the world market
Surgeons looking at an x-ray

Health and life sciences

An exceptional health and life sciences industry with innovation at its heart
Boy with Cochlear implant

Biomedical technology

Caring for every generation through breakthrough research and medical advancement
Financial app on a smart phone

Financial services

A sophisticated financial services sector ideally positioned in the Asia-Pacific region
Eftpos at a cafe

Fintech

Breathing life into the numbers through innovative fintech projects and startups