Nick Champion (Wakefield, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, second at Bathurst. You cannot win everything. But we will have from 2011 a superbase that will host the Australian Army’s 7th Battalion mechanised battalion group at Edinburgh—a 1,200 strong battalion that is bringing more than $700 million worth of new capital work into the area. That includes a new combined Army-Air Force mess as well as many other medical, fitness and community facilities. There are going to be huge spin-offs for the local retail and housing sectors. We have the Playford North urban renewal project and the NEXY road contract. (Time expired)

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