Investment and Trade Minister Martin Hamilton-Smith will seek to build on South Australia’s recent export momentum at the Trade and Investment Ministers’ Meeting in Cairns today. Mr Hamilton-Smith will represent South Australia at the national forum and engage with the Commonwealth, State and Territory governments on a collaborative approach to international economic engagement. The forum…
Defence Industries Minister Martin Hamilton-Smith has been highlighting South Australian capabilities as supply chain partners to global defence firms targeting major Australian defence projects, with a focus on naval shipbuilding and aerospace. Mr Hamilton Smith has recently visited key defence companies, accompanied by Defence SA Chief Executive Mr Malcolm Jackman and former CE Andrew Fletcher…
South Australian export growth has outpaced the nation for the 10th consecutive month. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics trade figures show overseas goods exported from South Australia grew 15.4% to $12.4 billion for the 12 months to July 2014. The latest result also shows South Australia’s exports exceeded the $12 billion mark for the sixth…
Defence Industries Minister Martin Hamilton-Smith has called on the Federal Government to explain why a group of Japanese Submarine experts are on a secret mission in Adelaide. Media reports say a 40-strong delegation is inspecting the ASC base at Osborne, renewing the State Government’s fears that the Federal Government is preparing to build the next…
Defence Industries Minister Martin Hamilton-Smith has called on the Federal Government to clearly rule out building submarines overseas and honour its pre-election promise to build the ships in Adelaide. Before the election (May 8, 2013), Defence Minister David Johnston stood at ASC and promised Australia’s Future Submarines would be built in Australia saying: “We will…
South Australia’s export performance has again topped the nation, growing 15% in the 12 months to June to $12.362 billion. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics trade figures also show overseas goods exported from South Australia have exceeded $1 billion for each of the past seven months. Investment and Trade Minister Martin Hamilton-Smith said South…
On Monday, 4 August 2014 the world will commemorate 100 years since the start of the First World War. “For Australians this is a momentous occasion,” Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Martin Hamilton-Smith said. “The First World War touched the lives of nearly every Australian and many of the impacts are still prevalent today.” State President…
Minister for Defence Industries Martin Hamilton-Smith said today the five-fold expansion of the Australia Defence Force’s Cultana Training Area in the Upper Spencer Gulf will boost South Australia’s regional economy. Attending a ceremony in Whyalla to mark the granting of a lease by the South Australian Government to the ADF, Mr Hamilton-Smith said the much-anticipated…
A high-level Defence Conference held in Adelaide this week has reinforced the need for the Federal Government to make swift decisions about the future of naval shipbuilding. Minister for Defence Industries Martin Hamilton-Smith said the Defence and Industry Conference highlighted the need for a 30-year continuous build to lock in $250 billion of naval shipbuilding…
South Australia has become an increasingly attractive migration destination for entrepreneurs. Minister for Investment and Trade Martin Hamilton-Smith told Parliament this sharp increase in business migration to South Australia in the past financial year follows additional funding to speed up application processing. “In 2013-14, 130 new business migrants nominated to relocate to South Australia which…
