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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Kirsty Needham

AUKUS nuclear submarine also about local jobs - Australia PM

FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the APEC Leader's Dialogue with APEC Business Advisory Council during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. Sakchai Lalit/Pool via REUTERS

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an alliance with Britain and the United States to deliver nuclear powered submarines to Australia would involve "jobs here".

The United States and Britain each have closely guarded nuclear submarine programmes and the AUKUS defence alliance, announced in 2021, is yet to announce details of how the capability will be transferred to Australia, which does not have a domestic nuclear industry.

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