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Abe Maddison

Training boost to beef up skills for AUKUS flagship

The SA government will fund more training places to bolster the plan to build nuclear submarines. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

More than 1500 new university and training places will boost workforce capability for the AUKUS project, after the federal government revealed that a construction yard to build nuclear submarines would cost at least $30 billion.

On Monday, the South Australian government announced  a $27 million package to support university degrees, trade apprenticeships, and trade places, aiming to create 300 university scholarships, 1000 extra university places, and 550 trade apprenticeships. 

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