The federal government will establish a new ‘tripartite’ Defence Industry Council made up of representatives from government, industry and the unions to oversee the development of a sovereign defence industrial base.
It is understood the new council would be chaired by Defence Industry minister Pat Conroy and include Industry and Science minister Ed Husic as a member.
Plans for the council were disclosed as part of government’s Defence Industry Development Strategy announcement on Thursday.
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