Forrest — what Growing Australia delivers

Member for Forrest: Ben Small (Liberal Party) · Western Australia

The closest Growth Precinct to Forrest is Collie — $2.2B of platform investment, 3,200 direct jobs, 10 minutes from Forrest. Collie produces LFP grid pack assembly (Kwinana cells), vanadium flow batteries, containerised BESS for Pilbara mining + grid, battery recycling, national battery testing & certification lab. Workers from Forrest are within commute distance of the operators that will lease space on the precinct platform.

Beyond the precinct network, Forrest also benefits from the national programs the plan funds. The 2026–27 Budget provides $3.2 billion for a government-controlled reserve of one billion litres of diesel, jet fuel and petrol, alongside Australia's existing commercial stocks. Growing Australia proposes successive reserve tranches and sovereign production behind them. Growth Precinct power would support industrial production and grid resilience, with final project prices determined through detailed design and procurement.

Growing Australia is a long-term, public-domain investment platform with a central concept-stage estimate of $201.4 billion. The complete register contains 53 investments across six national priorities and is designed to be delivered gradually. Forrest's share is not a guaranteed allocation: it is the set of proposed precinct, state and national investments relevant to the electorate, each of which would require its own delivery and budget decisions.

Growth Precincts near Forrest (4 within commute distance)

• Kwinana Growth Precinct — $4.6B · 5,400 jobs · 1.4h drive. Battery electrolyte, sovereign LFP cell line, semiconductor packaging & testing clean rooms, agricultural chemicals, industrial gases
• Henderson Growth Precinct — $5.5B · 8,700 jobs · 1.6h drive. Sovereign merchant fleet (tankers, grain carriers, multi-role logistics), Arafura-class OPVs, AUKUS Pillar 1 submarine sustainment, autonomous maritime systems, commercial + export vessels
• Collie Growth Precinct — $2.2B · 3,200 jobs · 10 min from Forrest. LFP grid pack assembly (Kwinana cells), vanadium flow batteries, containerised BESS for Pilbara mining + grid, battery recycling, national battery testing & certification lab
• Perth Cable Hub Growth Precinct — $3.2B · 3,750 jobs · 2h drive. Indian Ocean cable landing, data centre, Indian Ocean digital backbone

National programs that reach Forrest

• 90-day strategic fuel reserve — building beyond the announced 50-day baseline through staged government-controlled tranches.
• Lower energy bills — Growth Precinct solar at 2.5–3¢/kWh wholesale, flowing through to household bills.
• Regional broadband upgrades — closing the city–regions internet gap.
• Sovereign cyber shield — one number to call, ASD-led response, training at every TAFE.
• Strategic grain reserves — 500,000-tonne minimum, ending the bad-season-equals-crisis pattern.
• National medicines stockpile — $1B for antibiotics, insulin and surgical supplies. Australia currently imports 90%+.

Take action

• Write to Ben Small — pre-written email, postcode-matched, 30 seconds.
• See the full $201.4B costing model — every line item, every assumption, every source.
• Read the methodology — bottom-up benchmarks, employment estimates, key assumptions.
• Growing Australia — home

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