North Ryde. Tenants wanted for defence hub

The NSW Office of Defence is calling for expressions of interest from defence-based business in NSW to become tenants in the government’s new $50 million high-tech defence hub, at Macquarie Park, which is part of a $75 million initiative to boost the state’s defence industry, “The NSW government’s commitment is for NSW to secure 30 per cent of Australia’s in-country defence spend by 2019. We aim to create more than 1,500 new jobs in defence-related industries by 2013,” said NSW Treasurer and Minister for State and Regional Development, Eric Roozendaal.

Macquarie Park. $50 million defence hub

The NSW Government has officially launched a $75 million initiative to boost the state’s defence industry, which has already succeeded in securing 275 high-tech jobs for NSW. The initiative to secure new defence industries and jobs to NSW, announced as part of this year’s NSW Budget, includes a $50 million site at Macquarie Park to develop a defence and related technology hub. “The NSW government’s commitment is for NSW to secure 30 per cent of Australia’s in-country defence spend by 2019. We aim to create more than 1,500 new jobs in Defence-related industries by 2013,” said NSW Treasurer and Minister for State and Regional Development, Eric Roozendaal.

North Ryde. EOI called for Defence project

The Land and Property Management Authority, on behalf of the NSW government, is seeking expressions of interest for the development of approximately 3.9 hectares of land with Macquarie Park for the development of a Hi Tech Defence Industry Technology Hub. The site will be used to foster collaborations between Defence, large prime contractors, SMEs, research organisations and other institutions to grow the Defence and related h-technology industry in NSW.

North Ryde. Hi-tech defence hub

The NSW Government Budget, next week, will include a $50 million parcel of government land, at Macquarie Park, to develop a high-technology defence business hub The land could be used to attract business investment by companies working in areas such as defence systems, electronics and other related advanced technologies,” said the Minister for State and Regional Development, Ian Macdonald. “The Macquarie Park/North Ryde area is already home to defence-related businesses, such as Raytheon and BAE Systems, and is the ideal location for the development of a defence technology business hub. The hub will help drive defence activities around the state, building our competitive advantage and maximise benefits to NSW by securing a significant share of defence work, especially in areas that best match NSW’s skills profile,” he said.