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15,063
Navy personnel
14,767
Air Force personnel
16,129
APS
30,996
Army personnel
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subject to government approval and a formal review by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works (PWC). Medium facilities projects have a budget of be- tween $500,000 and $15 million. Projects valued at over $8 million are subject to government approval. Projects valued at between $2 million and $15 million are required to be notified to and agreed to by the PWC but may not be formally reviewed by the committee. Projects over $15 million require referral to and full consideration by the PWC, with approval granted by parliament. If in doubt, PWC has a look at the program, which may or may not need approval by parliament.
Defence programs making up the bulk of their workload, roughly 60-70 per cent of hearings in any given year.
Budget papers provided an upcoming list of Defence pro- grams that PWC is slated to look at in the coming 12 months, at both the major and medium project level. The programs cover a wide range of facilities around the country. For those particu- larly keen on this list, it can be found on P142 of the PBS.
EXPORTS
The Defence Export Facility (DEF) was established to grow Australia’s defence exports by helping overcome difficulties in accessing private sector finance. The DEF has a maximum aggregate exposure of US$3.0 billion. As at 30 June 2020, three loans under the DEF had been agreed for a total maxi- mum value of $213 million, of which $99.1 million had been drawn down. The loans are spread between CEA Technolo- gies in Canberra to expand their facilities, Austal for work on patrol boats in Trinidad and Tobago and Ferra Engineering for work on manufacture weapons bay adaptors for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program.
The Australian Military Sales Catalogue for the year ahead was extended given the current environment but the trend line has an upward slope for Australian Defence In- dustry exports. Keep an eye out for the December 2020/ January 2021 edition which will have the Top 40 Defence Contractors survey that will look at how this is performing.
      * noting that the ASD workforce is counted separately and not a publicly released figure.
TOTAL 77,139*
 the development of its cyber workforce, and develop its cyber resilience across all warfighting domains.
Defence will continue to support and implement whole-of-gov- ernment security reforms and the launch of a new Defence In- dustry Security Program will better support and protect Defence and defence industry against a range of threats including foreign espionage and interference, according to the Budget papers.
ESTATE
Infrastructure has many fathers; Defence Estate and In- frastructure Group, CASG, the Public Works Committee, cabinet approval and a mix of all the players in various com- binations depending on the value of the program.
In a nutshell, major capital facilities projects are de- fined as having expenditure over $15 million and are
FIGURE 4 – TOP 3 INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS BY SPENDING: STATE BY STATE $M P130 IN PBS
  VICTORIA
 Point Wilson waterside remediation
  68.6
  Armoured fighting vehicles facilities at Puckapunyal
  60.7
 Puckapunyal health and wellbeing centre
  20.5
   WESTERN AUSTRALIA
 P-8 facilities at RAAF Pearce
  36.7
  Supply class facilities at HMAS Stirling
   26.4
  OPV facilities at HMAS Stirling
   11.3
   ACT
 Data centre upgrade at HMAS Harman
 64.3
 Joint health command facilities upgrade at Duntroon
 14.7
 R5 and R6 upgrade at Russell Offices
  3.6
   NORTHERN TERRITORY
 Larrakeyah redevelopment program
 121.8
 P-8 facilities at RAAF Darwin
 72.8
 Air traffic control facilities under Air 5431 at RAAF Darwin
  12.5
   NSW
 Garden Island upgrade
 stage 1 70.7
 Garden Island upgrade
  stage 2 70.6
  Naval guided weapons maintenance facilities at Orchard Hills
   49.6
   QUEENSLAND
 Shoalwater Bay training area remediation
 64.6
 Armoured fighting vehicles facilities at Townsville
  23.3
  Land 4502 additional Chinook facilities in Townsville
   6.1
   SOUTH AUSTRALIA
 Sea 5000 Ph 1 facilities
  41.6
  Air 555 Phase 1 works at RAAF Edinburgh
   34
  Defence High performance computing centre at RAAF Edinburgh
   32.1
   

























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