Tony Zappia (Makin, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

As I was saying, the defence sector is absolutely vital to my part of the world. I am conscious that there are many industries, including the Techport operations, where the submarines are being built and where a number of Defence personnel are located and work. Over the last couple of years I have had many representations made by veterans and by those officers who have been deployed from Darwin to the RAAF base as part of the new battalion.

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