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Inquiry into naval shipbuilding in Australia

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On 10 November 2005, the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by the last sitting day of 2006:

That the Committee inquire into and report upon the scope and opportunity for naval shipbuilding in Australia and in particular:

1. The capacity of the Australian industrial base to construct large Naval vessels over the long term and on a sustainable basis;
2. The comparative economic productivity of the Australian shipbuilding industrial base and associated activity with other shipbuilding nations;
3. The comparative economic costs of maintaining, repairing and refitting large naval vessels throughout their useful lives when constructed in Australia vice overseas;
4. The broader economic development and associated benefits accrued from undertaking the construction of large naval vessels

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