Infantry Fighting Vehicle decision...

Infantry Fighting Vehicle decision mystery
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/special-reports/infantry-fighting-vehicle-decision-mystery/news-story/c91efa81e689d22a43d0988367998930

Sheds some more light on this contract:

"It is then suggested that the government of Germany – whether or not it was aware of the exact situation – bypassed Defence and made an unsolicited offer at cabinet level that it would also purchase a similar number of Lynx vehicles. These would come from the Australian production line, which would be established in the politically sensitive area of Ipswich in southeast Queensland.If accepted, this would be a massive boost in an already large program, holding out the prospect of even more jobs, export opportunities and increased revenue.

At about the same time, the South Korean government communicated semi-officially that it was already in the process of purchasing an initial batch of between 30 and 50 Redback vehicles for their army – which is about 10 times larger than its German counterpart. A full Redback order could be as large as 2000 vehicles – all coming from the electorally sensitive Geelong area".