Defence Minister Richard Marles has admitted Australia will need to see both the US and the UK expand their industrial bases for AUKUS targets to be met.
“A year ago, we made the point that we will need to see an expansion of the industrial base, both in the US and the UK,” Mr Marles told Sky News Australia.
“For the UK specifically, because the nuclear reactors will be built in Britain, not here … that facility which is operated by Rolls Royce in Derby needs to be expanded to produce those reactors at a faster rate.
“I was actually there last year and they were already readying themselves to build the Australian reactors there.
“Indeed, there are parts being made right now as we speak.”
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So sick of hearing "We can't do nuclear"
Here's an idea…LEARN.
i hear a new zealand nationalist politician gett in trouble with british 'punk' band 🙂 :):):P
for using the songs in his campaign
is it a story you know about?
$368 billion for nine AUKUS subs. We don't need them. Australia should form a military alliance with China and stop being the lapdog for the UK and US.
Good 'ol effeminate Marles… send our money overseas instead of building technology here, just to keep the real Aussie workers down and subservient…
When will the morons that vote realise they are to blame for these idiots that are ruining us
Lol..
Prepare yourself for the onslaught of negative ALP content from sky after all polls predict the Tasmanian Robodebt right wing conservatives may lose several seats in tomorrow's island state election ……
LNP – 10 years governing Tasmania =
Housing crisis..↗️
Healthcare crisis..↗️
Unemployment crisis..↗️
Drug Crisis ..↗️
Infrastructure crisis..↗️
False and untruthful campaign promises..↗️
When nothing changes
Nothing changes…….🚽
Sounds like this is based around whats good for the unions, rather than whats good for the nations defense.
Kin hell. Don't rely on us ffs (I'm British) Our politicians don't know what day it is
More money laundry for AUKUST Terrorist Nations
First purchase, nuclear reactors😅 hilarious! But NO! Australians can't can't have clean, reliable nuclear power.
Bloody hypocritical excuse from a pathetic excuse for a government.
Meanwhile Australia has no house's,All these cnts do is spend billions on war
Labor are fool's nuclear subs but no nuclear power double standards
Chinese australians will not be allowed to work on our nuke sub programme i dont trust our chinese they put china first not australia
It makes no sense to me that Rudd , as an Ambassador, a diplomat, should be working with Congress on legislation within their government.
Economies that rely on military expenditure to provide sufficient GDP & local employment, are unable to tolerate peace.
How can a nation ban the peaceful use of a sustainable energy source but encourage a WMD. The hypocrisy continues unabated.
AUKUS needs to include Canada
Rolls Royce building AUKUS reactors in the UK that fine in the interim period .. but the Need is for a Rolls Royce Factory Here In Australia Manufacturing those very Submarine Reactors as well as Possible Small Modular Reactors which will provide a more highly skilled workers base.. well High tec manufacturing you need heavy Industrial Scale Power Systems not this hair fairy Ashram Commune Power System ..
Australia's nuclear subs will be like Snowy 2.0
I remember Hawk telling us we were shifting from an industrial economy to a service economy, which meant that government wasnt going to support or structure an industrial base anymore.
Ditto.
So now we have to do a Monica Lewinsky on any industrial country for our manufacturing.
Well done boofheads
How are we going to do that when we have out of control ("green") energy prices, huge volumes of red and green regulations to overcome…I've lived in Australia my whole life, my GGGrandfather was a steam tram driver in Sydney in the 1860s… Australia is absoutely fucked!
Sounds wonderful we’re wasting hundreds of billions on nuclear subs when they probably cost a quarter of what we’re paying