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EMBARGO: 5.00 pm
31 May 1974
Press Statement No. 252
STUDY ON SHIP REPAIR FACILITIES AT COCKBURN SOUND, W. A.
( Joint Statement by the Prime Minister, the Hon. E. G. Whitlam
and the Premier of Western Australia, the Hon.
Sir Charles Court, M. L. A.)
In a joint statement released today the Prime Minister
and the Premier of Western Australia announced that Maunsell and
Partners Pty Ltd of Perth, in association with Y-ARD ( Aust) Pty Ltd
of Canberra, had been commissioned to undertake a study of ship
repair requirements on the West Australian coast.
Maun sell and Y-ARD will report on the economic and
engineering feasibility of long term, staged development of
commercial ship repair facilities in Western Australia.
The report will also examine the feasibility of joint
planning for the development of these facilities along with Navy's
long term proposals for a naval ship repair capability at HMAS
STIRLING, Garden Island, W. A.
The study is to be completed in about four months and
will cost about $ 30,000. This cost will be shared equally by both
Governments. The study will be managed jointly by representatives
of both Governments.
CANBERRA.
STUDY ON SHIP REPAIR FACILITIES AT COCKBURN SOUND, WA
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