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Queensland businesses to go online to get Defence ready

Joint media release: Assistant Minister for Children and Families an Assistant Minister for Northern Australia, the Hon Michelle Landry MP Member for Herbert, Phillip Thompson OAM MP Senator for Queensland, Senator Susan McDonald Central and North Queensland businesses competing for work will be…

Minister for Defence Industry Naval Group's new Port Adelaide office

Hello As Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry, I am excited to support Naval Group’s efforts to deliver Australia’s Future Submarine Program. The opening of your new office is the latest chapter in what is a book about Australian jobs and Australian capability. It reinforces Naval Group’s…

Australian industry to benefit from $900 million Attack Class work packages

Joint media release: Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP Australian industry will benefit from hundreds of millions of dollars in work packages for the Morrison Government’s Future Submarine Program,…

Defence and Industry Conference 2020

[Check against delivery] Good morning everyone and welcome to the Defence and Industry Conference and Essington Lewis Awards. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the conference organisers, Tony Fraser and his team at CASG, for the great work they have done in pulling together this event. I…

Hunter Class Frigate Program engagement with Australian industry grows

Joint media release: Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP The public Australian Industry Capability (AIC) Plan for the first phase of the Morrison Government’s Hunter Class Frigate Program has been released, detailing how AIC will be maximised in the initial design and…

Supporting export capacity of Australian small business

A Victorian defence industry company has received funding to boost its cyber readiness to help it crack the lucrative US market.Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said it was one of three new grants awarded, totalling almost $400,000, under a Morrison Government scheme aimed at boosting…

Strengthening Australia's high frequency radar capability

Joint media release: Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP Defence is teaming with BAE Systems Australia and the University of Adelaide to boost interest in the study of high-frequency radar technology in a move aimed at building the number of specialist-trained engineers. The…

Sydney small business delivers high-tech training systems to Defence

Small Sydney-based business Cirrus Real Time Processing Systems has been awarded a three-year, $7.5 million contract to improve the Royal Australian Navy’s training system capacity.Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the new contract extends Cirrus’ role in delivering Tactical…

Defence Connect Budget Lunch

MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY, THE HON MELISSA PRICE MP DEFENCE CONNECT BUDGET LUNCH TUESDAY, 13 OCTOBER 2020 OPENING ADDRESS (ONLINE) Thank you Sarah for that warm introduction and for your passion for defence industry. You do an outstanding job in the work that you do. I would also like to…

Opinion Piece: A Budget of opportunities for Defence Industry - published in Defence Connect

The major strategic review of Defence that our Government unveiled in July was always going to mean that – in terms of headline-grabbing announcements at least – Defence was not going to be front and centre on Federal Budget day.We largely knew where the money was going, and at first blush the…

Innovation Hub invests $28 million in Australian Industry

The second biggest contract ever awarded by the Defence Innovation Hub is among nine new contracts worth more than $28 million to have been signed with organisations across Australia. Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the contracts were further evidence that the Morrison Government…

Prime Minister opens new Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence

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