Speakers: David Hanley, James Paterson, Unknown Speaker

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James Paterson

>> Um just on on cost. So Quan 139, which is one of those ones we received last night, um you said said, and I quote, "Henderson consolidation will require tens of billions of dollars in investment in infrastructure facilities over the next two decades. Tens of billions is a very broad range. You know, could be anywhere from 20 billion to 99 billion. Could you be a bit more

David Hanley

Uh, Senator, um, I think, uh, the governor on the record is is stating two key numbers. One is, uh, $25 billion for the Henderson precinct. >> Um, and and that that is based on some early planning advice that we had back in 2024. Um, and then $12 billion was the initial funding commitment, which I think is in the Quan. Senator um, talks about that initial investment to get us through to um, the end of the decade from today. Um we are progressing through planning advice. Some of the planning advice informed the sighting analysis we did. >> Um in that there is some um that that is very much a long-term view. It's a very broad brush of where the site will be and what will be inside the sighting. >> Um and so as we go forward through detailed planning, we'll get more refinement on the design. So my hope is that by the time we get to the 30% design at the end of next year, we'll have more detail on the total cost both over the decade and through life.

James Paterson

>> So at this stage, you have no more updated estimate than the $25 billion. That's the most recent number and you don't have any data or insight into where it goes from there. media speculation I think around the time of that announcement that the total project cost could be in the order of 70 billion 75 billion I think it was that's not a number you're familiar with

David Hanley

>> it's not a number that came from defense at all

James Paterson

>> okay all right um how many dry docks will there be at Henderson for