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A decision on what type of nuclear-powered submarine Australia will acquire as part of the AUKUS security pact will be unveiled in early 2023, the federal government says.
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Opposition Leader and former Defence minister Peter Dutton has revealed he had been working on a plan to fast-track Australia’s acquisition of nuclear submarines amid rising regional tensions.
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The ageing Collins class submarines will undergo a $381m camera systems upgrade as the Morrison Government revealed compensation talks with France’s Naval Group over the scrapping of a $90b contract to build a new fleet are likely to continue well into the next financial year.
South Australia’s new Labor Treasurer says the “alarm bells are now ringing” for the state’s naval shipbuilding industry after the federal budget made major defence commitments interstate, but he has welcomed a substantial increase in SA’s GST funding.
Labor will push to have Australian jobs written into any new submarine contract and has criticised the Morrison Government for leaving businesses high and dry after tearing up the $90b French deal.
The federal government has not undertaken a safety assessment or planning study for the prospect of docking nuclear-powered submarines in Adelaide, according to documents obtained by independent senator Rex Patrick.
In part two of his deep dive into the many uncertainties facing an Australian nuclear submarine program, Kevin Naughton pulls apart the enormous costs of converting Australia’s shipbuilding infrastructure to build American nuclear subs and other potential barriers to local construction.
