A project like no other: Albanese gets first-hand look at our new AUKUS submarines
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has toured a shipyard in northern England where the United Kingdom’s first AUKUS submarine will be built.
āWeāre talking about the most sophisticated manufacturing task on the planet, which is why it has to be got right,ā Mr Albanese said during a visit to the port town of Barrow-in-Furness on Wednesday.
Australia and the UK will both build the new nuclear-powered military submarines, known as SSN-AUKUS, with Australian personnel picking up skills that will lead to subs being constructed in South Australia.
āI look forward to having Australians training alongside the highly skilled submarine builders here in Barrow-in-Furness,ā Mr Albanese said.
The prime minister said the Australians he met at the BAE Systems shipyard will ābring those skills back home to build a stronger manufacturing sector in Australiaā.
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Mr Albanese announced the details of Australiaās submarine pact with the US and UK ā part of the AUKUS security alliance ā in March.
āThe AUKUS arrangements are about our national security and about our common interests between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to uphold the international rule of law, to co-operate in both the development of nuclear-powered submarines for Australia but also with other technological co-operation,ā Mr Albanese said.
āBut also, itās about something more than our national security, itās about jobs and economic prosperity.ā
Australia will acquire eight nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS pact by the 2050s, with the vessels set to cost up to $368 billion.
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