Question On Notice No. 6324 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 25 June 2020 by Mr S.K. L'estrange
Question Directed to the: Minister for Tourism; Racing and Gaming; Small Business; Defence Issues; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
For the period from 1 January 2019 to 1 June 2020, list the defence industry contracts that have been achieved in WA that included the direct involvement of the Minister for Defence Issues’ Agency/Department?
Answered on 11 August 2020
During the period of 1 January 2019 to 1 June 2020, the State’s advocacy has resulted in;
· local outdoor equipment specialists, Sea to Summit, to supply field equipment for the ADF.
· local company Total Marine Technology (TMT), who specialise in commercial ROV’s and equipment used in support of the maritime sector, have secured a key role in the construction of the ROV for the submarine rescue capability, which forms part of a suite of work for Phoenix International.
· Establishment of the Royal Singapore Air force Air Grading Centre (to assess pilot cadets) at Jandakot.
· facilitated access to land in the AMC for the construction of the submarine rescue facility, which was a key requirement of Civmec meeting the obligations to secure the contract for design and construction of the facilities.
Since the establishment of the Defence Issues portfolio, the State has seen significant steps forward in supporting WA industry to better compete and secure work on Defence projects.
· the Commonwealth announcing the construction of 2 mine hunter vessels (to be built in WA).
· the facilitation of sale of state owned land within the AMC to the Commonwealth, which is the site of the future capability centre and ship zero facilities.
the State Government has developed and presented the case for relocation of Collins Class Submarine Full-cycle Dockings to WA.