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

Senator Payne. Our investment in the new CRV is part of a program of renewal for the Australian Army which is within the government's commitment in the 2016 Defence white paper. It is delivering cutting-edge capability for Army and also creating a significant number of jobs across Australia. We have already ordered over 1,100 Hawkei protected mobility vehicles, which are currently being built by Thales Australia in Bendigo, creating up to 400 jobs around the country; and we are also investing more than $1.4 billion to upgrade Army's battlefield command system, which will create over 120 roles in Brisbane—to cite just a couple of examples. Combined with our historic decisions to create a continuous naval shipbuilding industry, delivering these important capabilities for Defence will be a national enterprise and enable business across the country to invest, create jobs and deliver the capability that the ADF needs.