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

As I said, following the announcement of the comprehensive strategic partnership in May, the Department of Defence commenced detailed planning for the joint development of military training facilities. I, as the Minister for Defence, was preliminarily advised about the potential requirements for training area expansion in June. Detailed planning continued, which led to the finalisation of and signature of the memorandum of understanding with Singapore on 13 October 2016, which formally set out the agreed parameters of the increased training access that Australia would offer and represented the formal agreement by both countries to the scale of the increased access Singapore would be offered. Following the signing of the MOU— (Time expired)