Queenslanders will benefit from advanced satellite positioning as the Australian Government partners with the Queensland Government, and the private sector, to improve GPS accuracy, taking the data available to Australians from metres down to centimetres.
The Australian Government has made a significant investment towards national positioning infrastructure, as part of a $76 million annual investment into the Positioning Australia program led by Geoscience Australia.
For Queensland this means 156 continuously operating reference stations.
The benefits and potential of this work has been highlighted with our friends at the University of Southern Queensland.
The Member for Groom, Garth Hamilton MP was on hand to detail the project, representing the Minister for Resources and Water, Keith Pitt MP.
