I thank the member for his question and acknowledge his contribution to seeing Western Australia become one of Australia's great Defence states.

Two weeks ago, along with the Prime Minister and the Premier of Western Australia, we, the government, announced the precise siting of the Henderson Defence Precinct along the Henderson strip. This is a critical milestone in the establishment of the Henderson Defence Precinct, which will be the home of continuous naval shipbuilding in Western Australia. It's where we will build our future general-purpose frigate, the Mogami class vessel, with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It will also be the home of the maintenance and sustainment of our future nuclear powered submarines under the banner of AUKUS.

This precinct will consist of dry docks, laydown areas, very large sheds. In time it will be the base for almost 6,000 workers, making it one of the largest industrial precincts in the country. It will really be the principal place of naval sustainment in Australia and a critical national asset.

A year ago, the Prime Minister announced a commitment of $12 billion towards this project, which is now in the budget—$12 billion of an anticipated $25 billion over the decade and, in fact, more than that over a longer period in what is imagined to be a multidecade project. This is an example of what can be done when real money is committed to Defence, and that stands in stark contrast to what we saw in the lost Defence decade from those opposite.