Science and Industry Minister Ed Husic has signed a new national co-operation statement with his United Kingdom counterpart, to facilitate more investment, research exchange and expertise sharing in the rapidly growing field of quantum computing.

In an agreement announced alongside the ongoing international artificial intelligence summit in the UK, Mr Husic and UK Secretary of State for science, innovation and technology Michelle Donelan released the statement they said would support joint activities under the Australia-UK Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership and the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement.