Cabinet agrees to $15b defence infrastructure plan

Cabinet agrees to $15b defence infrastructure plan
Devonport Naval Base, in Auckland. (Image: NZDF)
Thomas Manch
The Government has agreed to a $15 billion renewal plan for the ageing defence estate, though funding will only be allocated on a project-by-project basis.An unclassified executive summary of the Defence Estate Portfolio Plan was released by Associate Defence Minister Chris Penk at the Devonport Naval Base on Wednesday.The document updates prior 2016 and 2019 plans and provides “sharper” cost estimates for renewing the camps and bases of the $4.77b defence estate.Alongside it was a commitment to the “Future Naval Base programm...

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