Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I can indeed, because Defence and Industry, as departments in the government, have been working very closely also on the development of the industry policy statement. We are going to establish a new centre for defence industry capability, one of the industry growth centres, which will be funded with about $230 million over the decade. That is going to be delivered through a very close collaborative approach between Defence, the private sector—itself to be involved—and AusIndustry, and in fact it will have co-chairs between Defence and the private sector. Its focus will be on the delivery of defence capability, on building industry skills, on driving our international competitiveness, and on pursuing our access to global markets—all aligned very closely with the National Innovation and Science Agenda, particularly as we seek to increase the level of collaboration between industry and Defence and as we build the skills of Australians to work on what are going to be the most cutting-edge and innovative defence capability problems. (Time expired)