Western Australia's Henderson shipyard is set to become a major naval shipbuilding and submarine maintenance hub under a $20 billion investment.
The new defence precinct will support the construction and servicing of AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines, creating thousands of high-skilled jobs. The state government claims this development will rival the scale of Western Australia's massive resources industry.
The project is expected to bolster Australia's defence capabilities and position Henderson as the largest naval maintenance hub in the Southern Hemisphere.
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New Defence Precinct at Henderson to deliver continuous naval shipbuilding and nuclear-powered submarine maintenance
The Albanese Government will establish a consolidated Commonwealth-owned Defence Precinct at Western Australia’s Henderson shipyard to underpin tens of billions of dollars of investment in defence capabilities in the West over the next two decades and support in the order of 10,000 well-paid, high-skilled local jobs.
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