House of Representatives Notice Paper Question No 175
Schedule Number: 300035 		Publication Date: 28 August 2008
Hansard: Page 6640

Defence Land: Moorebank

Member: Vale

Mrs Vale asked the Minister for Defence/Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, upon notice, on 25 June 2008:

  1. Does the Government intend to move the School of Military engineering from Moorebank; if so, why.
  2. Does the Government intend to continue its lease of the National Storage and Distribution Centre at Moorebank; if not, why not; and if so, for how long.

Mr Fitzgibbon - The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

  1. Yes.  The Government is committed to development of an intermodal freight hub on Defence land at Moorebank and will invest $300 million in its development.  To enable development of the intermodal, Defence units and functions currently on the Defence site at Moorebank will need to relocate.  This includes the School of Military Engineering.
  2. Yes.  Defence intends to continue the lease of the site at Moorebank occupied by the Defence National Storage and Distribution Centre, noting that this lease is due to expire in March 2013 and has two options for extension, each of five years duration.

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