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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Strict new security rules for Adelaide nuclear submarine-building facility in bid to protect military secrets

Workers and sailers with a model of the Hunter-class frigate
ASC workers and Royal Australian Navy personnel with a model of the Hunter-class frigate which, along with Australia’s nuclear submarines, are to be built at Osborne naval shipyard. Photograph: Mark Brake/AAP

The Australian government has imposed strict new security rules at the Adelaide site where nuclear-powered submarines will be built, moving to reassure allies that sensitive military secrets will be protected.

The new rules require four operators at the Osborne naval shipyard, including those building the Hunter-class frigates and offshore patrol vessels, to guard against espionage and foreign interference.

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