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

It is a significant investment in defence capability and facilities in North Queensland, and the Local Industry Capability Plan, or the LICP, ensures that local businesses have the best opportunity to share in that investment. Some of the examples that I can provide to Senator Macdonald and the chamber—which includes the Local Industry Capability Plan—are the $12 million upgrade for the explosive ordnance depot at Mount Stuart, which Senator Macdonald attended with me some months ago for its announcement. There is also the $24 million upgrade for a mid-term refresh of the Townsville Field Training Area and, similarly, a $67 million program for a mid-term refresh at RAAF Base Townsville in said garrison city. Then there is the Australia-Singapore Military Training Initiative, and indeed over $300 million to prepare HMAS Cairns to support the basing of the increased number of the new and larger offshore patrol vessels. All of those have a Local Industry Capability Plan attached to them.