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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
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Euronaval

Mr COWDREY (Colton) (13:20): My question is to the Premier. Will the Premier update the house on the government's presence at Euronaval and how South Australian businesses are building strong international partnerships to capitalise on future defence projects?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (13:20): I thank the member for Colton for his question. Euronaval was indeed an opportunity for South Australia to showcase the great expertise that we already have here in our state with regard to shipbuilding. This was of course one of the world's leading international trade shows for naval defence.

It was an important event for us to showcase to the world, especially those people who attended, the growing defence capability that we have here in South Australia. The federal government has of course committed $90 billion toward shipbuilding in South Australia, and this is going to occur right here at the Osborne shipyard in our state. The defence sector is vital to our economy and Euronaval presented an opportunity for us to leverage maximum opportunities for our state.

Mr Speaker, you would be interested to know that over 22 South Australian organisations were in attendance: some of our great companies, the universities, Renewal SA and, of course, the Defence Teaming Centre. Importantly, Euronaval was an opportunity for us to launch our Defence Landing Pad, where we are encouraging companies that are interested in looking at the South Australian and Australian market to come to South Australia and be based at Lot Fourteen while they take a look at our industry.

I was pleased to meet with the three major defence project contractors while I was there: the Naval Group, who, of course, will be building 12 future submarines in South Australia starting in 2023; the Luerssen Group, who will be building two of the 12 offshore patrol vessels starting here this very month; and, of course, BAE, which was recently awarded the contract to build the nine future frigates in South Australia.

As I have previously indicated to this house, the French government are taking this future submarines deal extraordinarily seriously. This is a big deal for the French. I was very pleased while I was there to meet with Ms Geneviève Darrieussecq, who is the Secretary of State to the defence minister; the defence minister herself, Florence Parly; Jean-Yves Le Drian, who is Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs; and, of course, none other than the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron. It was a good opportunity for us to talk about the importance of this contract. Again, as I have reiterated to this house before, the French President has a good understanding of the size of this contract and why it is important to France, and he is looking forward to one day visiting South Australia.

I am also really pleased to report to the house that there were several strategic MOUs signed during the time that I was there at Euronaval. The first one was between REDARC Electronics, Rowlands Metalworks and Raytheon Anschütz. REDARC Electronics and local manufacturer Rowlands Metalworks signed an MOU with this organisation. They will partner for future Australian naval projects including the Hunter class project which is being developed and built by BAE at the Govan shipyards.

There was another MOU which was signed between ASC and Endel ENGIE. This is a collaboration MOU. Endel has been supporting Naval Group for over 30 years with their submarine build and maintenance business. They manufacture welding and pressure hull-forming items for submarines and also manage subcontractors for insulation, scaffolding and painting.

The final MOU that I witnessed was the ASC with Groupe FIVA. It was an excellent opportunity to showcase our capability. I would like to particularly thank all the staff at Defence SA for putting on, I think, an incredible showcase of what we have to offer. I would also like to offer my grateful thanks to the Leader of the Opposition for being there, being present, and demonstrating to the rest of the world that in this area we want to work together to maximise the return for future jobs in this state.

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