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Press Conference, Canberra

SUBJECTS: Albanese Government's commitment to a Future Made in Australia; Rocket motor manufacturing facility to be built in Australia. MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY, PAT CONROY: It's a pleasure to be here this afternoon. I'm joined by Air Marshal Leon Phillips, Chief of the Guided Weapons and…

Albanese Government invests in Domestic Rocket Motor Program

The Albanese Government is investing in a sovereign rocket motor program to help keep Australians safe, and generate well-paid, high-skilled jobs.  The Government is seeking options from industry to establish a manufacturing complex that will enable production of rocket motors for some of the…

Doorstop Interview, Melbourne

SUBJECTS: Land Forces 2024; Closure of the Afghanistan Inquiry report; GWEO; Melbourne protests; ADF recruitment.

Press Conference, Mawson Lakes, South Australia

SUBJECTS: Norwegian Minister Bjorn Gram visit to Australia, New Kongsberg facility, Acquisition of joint strike missiles. MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY, PAT CONROY: Well, it's a pleasure to be here at the newest Kongsberg facility joined by Minister Bjorn Gram, Minister for Defence of the…

Radio Interview, ABC Adelaide Breakfast

SUBJECTS: New $200 million hangar to maintain RAAF aircraft in north Adelaide, building Australia’s sovereign defence industrial base SONYA FELDHOFF: Adelaide. We put the call out for women who like sheds because David has been selling out this big Penfield hangar that is in the process of being…

Press Conference, RAAF Base Edinburgh

SUBJECTS: New $200 million hangar to maintain RAAF aircraft in north Adelaide, building Australia’s sovereign defence industrial base, ADF Workforce, P-8 Poseidon Aircraft.

Acquisition of Joint Strike Missile to boost Australia’s Long-Range Strike Capability

The Albanese Government is further accelerating Australia’s long-range strike capability through the acquisition of the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) from 2025.  The Government and Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace have signed a $142 million contract to deliver the JSM for use…

Hundreds of South Australian jobs created with $200 million Defence project

Work has begun on the building of a giant four bay aircraft hangar in northern Adelaide to facilitate the specialist maintenance of the Australian Defence Force’s Boeing 737 variant military aircraft. In another significant defence partnership between the Albanese Government and Government of South…

Inspiring Defence's future STEM workforce

The Albanese Government continues to deliver on its commitment to grow Australia’s Defence industry workforce and support a future made in Australia with the launch of the Schools Pathways Program: Open Competitive Grant Opportunity.  This grant opportunity is valued at over $11 million across…

Further boost to Australia's nuclear-powered submarine workforce

The Albanese Government is today announcing a new Jobs for Subs program for 200 young workers required to make Submarine Rotational Force - West (SRF-W) a success. The Nuclear-Powered Submarine Graduate, Apprenticeship and Traineeship initiative is a Government-funded recruitment and…

Radio Interview, ABC News Breakfast

Subjects: Pacific Islands Forum, CFMEU administration. BRIDGET BRENNAN: Well, the UN Secretary-General is set to unveil new research on the existential risks posed by rising sea levels to Pacific Island nations. Australia's Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Pat Conroy, will be…

Press Conference, RAAF Base Williamtown

SUBJECTS: Government’s partnership with Kongsberg Defence Australia to manufacture long-range strike missiles. MERYL SWANSON MP: We are here this morning at RAAF Base Williamtown on the lands of the Worimi people, and I want to thank and welcome you all here this morning.  It is my absolute…