Australian Defence Industry: Our National Endeavour
At the recent GAP Summit the Honourable Christopher Pyne MP spoke about the crucial role entrepreneurial midsize businesses will play to our future wellbeing; to defence and the economy.
Christopher Pyne was elected to the House of Representatives for the seat of Sturt in 1993. Christopher is the Minister for Defence Industry, and Leader of the House of Representatives, responsible for delivering the $200 billion build up of Australia’s military capability, the largest in our peacetime history. In his time as a Minister he has delivered the National Innovation and Science Agenda, reformed the National Curriculum, introduced compulsory literacy and numeracy testing for Australian teaching graduates and expanded phonics teaching in remote schools in northern Australia. In 2006 he founded “headspace: the Youth Mental Health Initiative”.