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Monday, January 07, 2013

Call to accelerate defence projects in South Australia or risk losing skills

Defence Minister Stephen Smith |South Australia's defence industry has warned spending on a major maritime project must be announced urgently to prevent up to 3000 workers leaving the shipbuilding sector.

Defence Teaming Centre chief executive Chris Burns told The Advertiser SA was doomed to fall into the "valley of death" in 2017 unless new projects were confirmed early this year.

The valley is the period between slowdown of work on three Air Warfare Destroyers at Outer Harbor's Techport facility and start of construction of the future submarine program, due in 2020 or later.

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