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Both New Zealand and Australia have flourishing space industries and in both government intervention is important in their development. Although the two countries have similar political economies, they intervene in different fashion. In New Zealand the focus is more on facilitating the activity of market actors, but in Australia there is more emphasis on guiding space development. Whereas New Zealand, for instance, seeks to reduce regulatory burdens, Australia focuses on financing business segments in the industry that it wants to grow. That business-government relations in the two countries differ may be one explanation for this contrasting approach.
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