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Nuclear waste divisions intensify between Labor premiers over AUKUS submarine deal

UK Minister for Defence Procurement Alex Chalk and SA Premier Peter Malinauskas met to discuss AUKUS in Barrow-in-Furness. (ABC News: Andrew Greaves)

South Australia's premier has hit back at suggestions from Labor counterparts that his state should take nuclear waste from the future AUKUS fleet, saying the decision on where the waste goes should be based on the "nation's interests".

Peter Malinauskas is currently visiting the United Kingdom, where he has met with Defence Procurement Minister Alex Chalk and toured BAE Systems' facilities in Barrow-in-Furness, where Australia's first SSN-AUKUS nuclear submarine will be built.

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