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Tom Wark

PM dismisses concerns as subs site's huge cost revealed

The federal government has revealed the cost of a facility to build and commission AUKUS submarines. (Colin Murty/AAP PHOTOS)

At least $30 billion will be spent building a construction yard to eventually build nuclear submarines for Australia under the AUKUS agreement.

The federal government announced on Sunday it had pledged $3.9 billion as a down payment to secure the future of the Submarine Construction Yard in the northern Adelaide suburb of Osborne.

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