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Zac de Silva and Kat Wong

HISTORICAL FACTS: Billion dollar boost to build upgrade defence vehicles - Caught on Camera

Australia will get 268 locally-made Bushmasters as part of a $1.2 billion defence force upgrade. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian-built military vehicles will help bolster the nation's defence forces as well as the Netherlands as part of a $1.2 billion cash splash with a major weapons manufacturer.

The two governments have ordered about 300 Bushmaster armoured vehicles, which will be built at Thales's Bendigo facility, north-west of Melbourne, over the next seven years.

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