Quantum Systems

September 2nd, 2022

Quantum technologies will have a transformative impact on industry and society. In 2019, a white paper published by CSIRO estimated that quantum technologies will generate 16,000 jobs and over $4 billion in revenue by 2040. In 2022, Australia’s Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (now DISR) published a national quantum strategy that identified quantum computing as one of the five emerging technologies in the Government’s $1.2 billion Digital Economy Strategy, including it in the Government’s Action Plan for Critical Technologies as one of the nine priority areas for immediate focus. The enormous implications of quantum technologies for Australia’s economy and national security demand that CSIRO establishes itself as a leader in this area, both nationally and internationally, and develop in-house state-of-the-art quantum computing capabilities in line with the needs of the Australian Defence, Industry and Government sectors, and contribute to protecting Australian national sovereignty.