Construction of munitions factory well underway

  • By Peter Gordon
  • •
  • 06 Apr, 2021

PROGRESS continues to be made on the construction of Maryborough’s $60 million munitions factory.

Maryborough MP Bruce Saunders shared photos on social media from the construction site on the Bruce Highway in the Moonaboola Industrial Estate.

The Rheinmetall NIOA artillery shell forging plant has the support of all level of governments and showed what could be achieved when people worked together, Mr Saunders said.

Heavy machinery moved in during March, just after BADGE Constructions was announced as the builder, to begin the process of transforming the greenfield site into a 7000 square metre artillery shell forging factory that will eventually supply the ADF and allied forces globally.

The $60 million facility is planned to be fully operational by 2022.

BADGE will lead the 14-month construction phase, which would be followed by the fit-out then commissioning late next year.

“I’m looking froward to seeing it when it opens,” Mr Saunders said.

He said a lot of people had been contacting him, telling him how work had been progressing at the site, so he decided to look for himself.

“It’s going to be a good employer, a good bonus for the city,” he said.

Mr Saunders said as a result of the factory coming to Maryborough, word was spreading to other businesses who were also looking to set up in the Heritage City.

“2021 is going to be a really good year for the Maryborough electorate.”

Recruitment at RNM has already begun for senior managers and engineers with employment in advanced manufacturing roles to open late 2020, early 2021.

“This has been in the planning stages for two years, so it is very exciting to see work finally begin, especially at a time when the wider economy has been knocked around by the COVID-19 pandemic,’’ RNM Maryborough project manager Jeff Crabtree said earlier this year.

“The new building will not only be an employment-generator for the immediate future, but it will put this region on the map for years to come as a defence industry centre of excellence domestically and globally.’’

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Introducing The Palms Estate, Cairns - The Northern Beach's Premier Address

By Peter Gordon • April 26, 2023

Quiet simply, the Palms is the place to buy!

The northern beaches of Cairns is the Nation's best location for property investors right now, and The Palms is the premier development in this boom region.

It has the best location being elevated and backing onto the rainforest. It will have amazing facilities with a shopping village, a primary school, parks and green open space, a water park and an expanse of wildlife corridors.

It has taken the developers three years to get planning approval for this unique development to be able to hit the market. There are only 300 lots spread across 85 acres of the best land in The Northern Beaches.  Residents will have an abundance of open space right at their doorstep.  The Palms is also the only Certified Enviro Development project in Far North Queensland.

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In the rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne, the winner is ... Brisbane

By Peter Gordon • April 20, 2023

Sydneysiders and Melburnians, put aside your equally outstanding flat whites for a moment. Stop bickering about whether great beaches beat cool laneways (they do) and desist from debating whether all baristas require waxed moustaches (ideally).

Because Brisbane is closing in on the title of Australia’s best city, and we must join forces to keep this subtropical upstart in its place.

Time  magazine recently named Brisvegas on its “World’s Greatest Places” list, and omitted our cities. It’s a huge shock (and who knew they still published Time  magazine?). But they might be onto something.

Time  points to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will be hosted in the maroon metropolis. Brisbane will do a fine job, even though it’ll baffle the world when rugby league is added to the schedule and Queensland is allowed to field its own team.

Time’s  most radical claim is that Brisbane is worth visiting now, but tourism is surging. Not only did Lin-Manuel Miranda recently drop in to catch Hamilton , but hundreds of Hamilfans flew up to watch his interview with Leigh Sales (presumably unaware that it would subsequently arrive on iView for free).

Incredible Lifestyle At An Affordable Price  Equity of approx $390K on completion

By Peter Gordon • April 6, 2023
This small duplex development just a short drive from Hervey Bay on Queensland’s beautiful Fraser Coast, offers an incredible lifestyle at an affordable price. With unprecedented demand and very limited supply, prices look set to skyrocket.

A leading local agent has appraised each side of these duplex's to be worth $665k on completion and rent for $495 per week. So that is massive potentail instant equity of up to $390K on completion, which is incredibly hard to find.
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