Blue water ships : consolidating past achievements / The Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

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Australia. Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
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Canberra : Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, 2006
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Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Blue water ships: consolidating past achievements 1
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Blue water ships: consolidating past achievements 3
Table of contents 7
Acronyms and abbreviations 13
Main finding 17
Executive summary 21
Chapter 1 Introduction and conduct of the inquiry 33
Part I Background—developments in the shipbuilding and repair industry overseas and in Australia Chapter 2 Current trends in naval shipbuilding 41
Chapter 3 A brief history of Australia's naval shipbuilding industry 71
Part II Australia's capacity to produce large naval vessels Chapter 4 Australian naval shipbuilders 83
Chapter 5 SME suppliers 113
Chapter 6 Infrastructure 135
Chapter 7 Workforce and skills 165
Chapter 8 Intellectual property 199
Part III Productivity of the Australian shipbuilding and repair industry Chapter 9 The comparative economic productivity of the Australian shipbuilding industrial base and associated activity with other shipbuilding nations 207
Chapter 10 The comparative economic costs of maintaining, repairing and refitting large naval vessels throughout their useful lives when constructed in Australia vice overseas 231
Chapter 11 Economic benefits 241
Chapter 12 The strategic imperative 255
Chapter 13 Overall assessment of Australia's shipbuilding and repair industry including committee's main finding 271
Part IV The role of governments Chapter 14 The role of Defence in Australia's naval shipbuilding and repair industry—informing industry 275
Chapter 15 Strategic planning 287
Chapter 16 Defence—an informed buyer 305
Bibliography 315
Additional comments - Senator Mark Bishop 317
Appendix 1 Public submissions 321
Appendix 2 Additional information, tabled documents and answers to questions on notice 323
Appendix 3 Public hearings and witnesses 327
Appendix 4 Site visits in Australia 333
Appendix 5 Delegation program to the Republic of Korea and the United States of America 335
Appendix 6 Extract containing a summary of main issues and points for discussion from a discussion paper published by the committee on 25 August 2006 337
Appendix 7 Naval ships built at Cockatoo Island, Balmain and Williamstown dockyards; repair and upgrade activities at Garden Island (1912-1945) 355

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