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Dominic Giannini

Crackdown on loose-lipped ex-soldiers to boost security

Australia will receive three secondhand US nuclear submarines as part of the AUKUS deal. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

Former defence personnel or public servants who spill the nation's most classified secrets will face decades behind bars under imminent new laws.

The government is clamping down on leaks and beefing up export control laws to assure the US and UK it can protect sensitive military secrets as the three nations work towards Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS pact.

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