Overview

• The package kickstarts planning and early works for a precinct the government projects will cost about $25 billion over the next decade.
• Plans include graving docks and sustainment facilities designed to provide contingency docking for Virginia-class submarines from around 2030.
• The site is slated to build landing craft and the domestic share of general purpose frigates, supporting continuous naval shipbuilding in Western Australia.
• Officials say the precinct will generate more than 10,000 local jobs, with industry given longer-term certainty.
• The move lands as a Pentagon review of AUKUS continues, with the Washington Post reporting Marco Rubio privately assured Richard Marles that Virginia-class deliveries remain on track.