The Hon Melissa Price MP Transcripts

WILL GOODINGS: 22 minutes after 7. The Prime Minister is flying into Adelaide today for a significant announcement for the Australian space sector.

Congratulations on being selected to participate in the 2022 National Youth Science Forum, Year 12 Program.

Nominations are now open for the 2022 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science.

GARETH PARKER: Melissa Price is the Federal Minister for Science and Technology. Minister, good morning.

NEIL BREEN: Now is exciting – Australia’s going to the moon.

RUSSELL WOOLF: Waking up this morning, we’re hearing the news Australia is to play an important role in a Moon exploration mission.

PETER STEFANOVIC: Well, an Australian made Rover is heading to the moon for the first time in the nation's history.

MICHAEL ROWLAND: Okay. Let's get more now on the news of Australia's deal with NASA for a future moon mission.

NATALIE BARR: Now, for the first time in history Australia is headed to the Moon. We have partnered with NASA to send an Aussie-built rover on a future lunar mission.