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Construction of the Defence High Performance Computing Centre

Joint media release Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett A Defence High Performance Computing Centre is to be constructed at the Defence Science and Technology site in Edinburgh, South Australia. Minister for Defence Industry, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC and…

Defence Force School of Signals Redevelopment Project contract awarded and sod turning ceremony

Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett, today announced Defence has awarded a head contract for construction works under the Defence Force School of Signals Redevelopment Project. The $14.8 million contract was awarded to an Indigenous company, National Aboriginal…

Coomunga Rifle Range approved for sale to District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula

Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett, and Federal Member for Grey, Mr Rowan Ramsey MP have announced that the Department of Defence and the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula have agreed to the contract terms for the off-market sale of the Coomunga Rifle Range. “This…

National Security and Relationships Key to Coexistence in Woomera Prohibited Area

Joint Media Release Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator the Hon Matt Canavan   The Government has today released the report of a review by Dr Gordon de Brouwer PSM into coexistence arrangements in the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA), South Australia. The Government supports…

Contract awarded on the North Queensland Mid-Term Refresh Program

Joint Media Release Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett Senator for Queensland, Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett today announced that negotiations for the managing contract for the planning phase of the North…

Maryborough Rifle Range Sold to Fraser Coast Regional Council

Joint Media Release Mr Llew O'Brien MP, Federal Member for Wide Bay The Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett, and the Federal Member for Wide Bay, Mr Llew O’Brien MP, announced today that the Department of Defence had entered into a contract with the Fraser…

Contract Awarded for Second Stage of Infrastructure Works at Garden Island

Defence is delivering a Critical Infrastructure Recovery Program in two stages to address significant condition, capacity and compliance issues with its existing wharves and engineering services. Today Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett, announced critical infrastructure…

Defence assistance for the drought crisis in Queensland

Joint Media Release The Hon Michelle Landry MPFederal Member for Capricornia Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett and Federal Member for Capricornia, the Hon Michelle Landry MP, today announced further support to drought-affected graziers in Queensland by facilitating…

Central Queensland businesses to reap up to $4 million with early work for the military training area expansion

Joint Media Release The Hon Michelle Landry MPFederal Member for Capricornia  Central Queensland businesses are already benefiting from the economic opportunities being generated by the expansion of the Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA) under the Australia-Singapore Military Training…

Military Training Area on Track

Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett today welcomed the reinstatement of Laing O’Rourke’s building licence. “I have been informed that last week’s suspension of Laing O’Rourke’s building licence by the Queensland Building and Construction Commission has been lifted,”…

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women Forge Connections with the Australian Defence Force through Service and Sport

As part of International Women’s Day celebrations, Assistant Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon David Fawcett, visited Woodside Barracks to meet with young women from the South Australian Aboriginal Netball Academy as they took part in a unique Australian Defence Force (ADF) experience day. The…

Defence Settles Contracts in Greenvale

Joint Media Release Senator for Queensland, the Hon Ian Macdonald The Department of Defence has settled with willing sellers and will establish a training area near Greenvale in North Queensland as part of the Australia-Singapore Military Training Initiative (ASMTI).  Assistant Minister for…