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  • ‘More work to be done’ but relief for Premier as AUKUS backed by Trump

    ‘More work to be done’ but relief for Premier as AUKUS backed by Trump

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    Fresh confidence around the future of the nuclear submarine program in South Australia has been injected into the state, after US officials spoke positively of the AUKUS program overnight. The program – a trilateral agreement between the United States, Australia and United Kingdom – would see South Australia build conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines at Osborne. At…

  • UK, Australia to work on nuclear subs treaty

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    UK Defence Secretary John Healey said the bilateral agreement would “bind” their alliance into law. They form two-thirds of the AUKUS security partnership with the United States, which was established in 2021. Healey said he hoped it would mean the alliance would “endure for decades”. “I can announce that (Australian) Deputy Prime Minister (Richard) Marles…

  • Senior US official links AUKUS subs pact to Taiwan tensions

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    The project, unveiled by the three countries in 2023, involves Australia acquiring nuclear-powered attack submarines as part of the allies’ efforts to push back against China’s growing power in the Indo-Pacific region. But the three countries have been reluctant to publicly tie AUKUS to growing tensions over Taiwan, the democratically governed island claimed by China…

  • Australia to spend billions for UK subs work as Adelaide build partners confirmed

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    The 10-year deal will boost capacity at the Rolls-Royce factory in Derby and bankroll the design costs of a new class of boats that Australia will build. Defence Minister Richard Marles and UK counterpart Grant Shapps are in Adelaide today as announcements confirmed that ASC and BAE Systems will build Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines at the…

  • Defence Minister defends AUKUS after US subs decision

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    The US revealed on Tuesday it would halve the planned procurement of Virginia-class attack boats next year. Under the agreement, the US will sell Australia up to five Virginia-class submarines in the 2030s, but the sales will be subject to approval and there are doubts that only one build a year until at least 2028…

  • AUKUS doubts after US moves to cut production of Virginia class subs

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    The proposed 2025 US defence budget has axed one Virginia-class submarine from an intended build program and plans to build just one a year for several years. The US did not expect to fund the building of two Virginia-class submarines a year until 2028. Australia had been expected to take delivery of its first nuclear-powered…

  • SA defence workforce must surge for submarine build

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    The report says that SA will need to more than double its defence industry workforce from 3500 workers to more than 8500 by the 2040s in order to build nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS deal. “Securing Australia’s national interests requires a regionally competitive maritime capability,” the report states. “This will require a whole-of-nation effort, with…

  • US pushback over AUKUS subs deal

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    Twenty-five US Republican lawmakers have urged President Joe Biden to increase funding for the country’s submarine fleet, citing the AUKUS project to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines and concern about China’s increasing military might. “We support the vision of the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) partnership and its potential to change the strategic landscape in the…

  • Call to defence: give part-time Maccas workers a job

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    Richard Price told an American Chamber of Commerce event that South Australian defence businesses need to start employing about 500 people a year now, so enough workers are adequately trained when submarine construction starts in 10 years. Work on the $2 billion shipyard at Osborne to build British-designed evolved Astute-class nuclear-powered submarines is expected to…

  • Bonjour, Hallo, Ciao: MPs jet off to Europe

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    In London, Trade and Investment Minister Nick Champion is meeting with global defence companies Rolls Royce and Babcock International in a bid to persuade the companies working on the national nuclear-powered submarine to expand their presence in SA. “Both companies play key parts in the UK nuclear program and are developing their related business strategies…