The Albanese Government has agreed to a major defence export deal with Germany, signing an in-principle agreement for Australia to supply more than 100 Boxer Heavy Weapon Carrier vehicles, built in Brisbane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese witnessed the signing of the agreement by Ambassador to Germany Philip Green and Mr Benedikt Zimmer, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Defence, during his visit to Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once finalised, the deal would see Rheinmetall leverage its production capacity at its Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence in Redbank, Queensland to supply the vehicles to Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The deal represents one of Australia\u2019s largest ever defence export contracts, worth over $1 billion to the Australian economy in the production and supply of vehicles, supporting approximately 1,000 local Australian jobs and providing a significant boost to our sovereign defence industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is one of the biggest defence sales in Australia\u2019s history and is worth over $1 billion to the Australian economy in the production and supply of these vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe agreement will boost Australia\u2019s sovereign defence industry, secure local jobs and contribute to Australia\u2019s economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis deal secures well-paid jobs in Queensland and across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Defence relationship between Australia and Germany is growing significantly, and we are excited about this in-principle agreement for Rheinmetall to build Boxers for the German Army in Brisbane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is a significant investment for our local defence industry; securing local jobs and contributing to Australia\u2019s economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI look forward to seeing this significant deal between our two countries continue to progress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are excited that Boxers made in Brisbane, using Australian suppliers, will be used by the German Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis export opportunity highlights the world-leading skills and capabilities within Australia\u2019s defence industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis deal will support hundreds of well-paid, high skill jobs and grow the defence relationship between Australia and Germany.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Albanese Government has agreed to a major defence export deal with Germany, signing an in-principle agreement for Australia to supply more than 100 Boxer Heavy Weapon Carrier vehicles, built in Brisbane. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese witnessed the signing of the agreement by Ambassador to Germany Philip Green and Mr Benedikt Zimmer, State Secretary, Federal … Continue reading “$1 BILLION DEFENCE AGREEMENT SUPPORTS AUSTRALIAN JOBS AND INDUSTRY”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21750,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21749\/revisions\/21750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}