Aukus nuclear submarine base would ‘place a massive target on our backs’, NSW labour union warns

In September more than 40 organisations signed the Port Kembla declaration, insisting that their community should not be the site of a nuclear submarine base. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

A labour union has expressed alarm about newly released documents that reveal Port Kembla to be a preferred Australian base for nuclear-powered submarines, saying it would “place a massive target on our backs”.

The South Coast Labour Council has warned federal and state politicians of “political fallout” should they proceed with “surrendering Port Kembla to Trump’s Navy” as an Aukus base.