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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Australia is not America.
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This is the key statement here.
On closer inspection Australia has six military factories (army related only)
Bandiana VIC (Military Vehicle Maintenance)
Benalla VIC (Munitions)
Bendigo VIC (Military Vehicle Production)
Lithgow NSW (Small Arms: Steyr AUG rifle and FN Minimi SAW only)
Mulwala NSW (Munitions)
Wingfield SA (Military Vehicle Production)
They are all foreign owned by Thales Group (France) and BAE Systems (Britain)
In regards to automobile production there are seven auto and two engine plants in Australia.
Automobile Plants
Elizabeth SA (GM-Holden)
Geelong VIC (Ford)
Melbourne VIC (Ford)
Melbourne VIC (Iveco)
Melbourne VIC (Paccar-Kenworth)
Melbourne VIC (Toyota)
Waco QLD (Volvo-Mack)
Engine Plants
Melbourne VIC (GM-Holden)
Melbourne VIC (Toyota)
Incidentally they are also foreign owned (American, Italian, Japanese and Swedish) and the Ford, GM-Holden and Toyota plants are all due to close 2016/17. This will leave Australia with just three truck factories after 2017.