John Madigan (Victoria, Democratic Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Senator Brandis. On August 28 this year, the Minister for Defence issued a press release regarding a $170 million upgrade to the soldiers' kit, known as LAND 125 phase 3B. The media release said that under the terms of the five-year contract the first of the contracts had been awarded to Bendigo based Australian Defence Apparel for the supply of load carriage equipment, including ballistic plate carriers, packs, basic pouches and equipment bags. My question is: how much of the $170 million contract has been or will be spent on Australian manufactured product?