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Saturday, September 19

Osborne ship jobs to combat unemployment

The ramping up of shipbuilding programs at Osborne this year is providing an employment lifeline for South Australia as the state’s jobless rate continues to rise.

Defence firms vie for slice of $35b frigate pie

Detailed planning for Australia’s Hunter Class Frigate Program is well underway, as local companies vie for a slice of the $35 billion project.

Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne inspects a scale model of an Anzac class frigate at a Maritime expo this month. Photo: Dan Himbrechts / AAP

We have to look at other options to save shipbuilding capacity: ASC

South Australian-based shipbuilder ASC has thrown down the gauntlet to the Commonwealth Government over the continued “depletion” of its Adelaide workforce, with chairman Bruce Carter warning shipbuilding sovereignty will be compromised by an approach that “hopes for the best” while driving down skilled capacity.

Sovereignty warning as Germans eye ASC

The countrywide tug-o-war for the nation’s combat vessel tender has triggered a word of caution to the Federal Government from South Australia – we do not want to lose sovereign control.