“In South Australia, we have seen land swaps take place with the South Australian government, such that we now have the site on which a production line will be established to build the future nuclear-powered submarines in Australia, the AUKUS variant, a variant that we will operate in tandem with the United Kingdom,” he said.

Australia will acquire US Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines from the United States in the next decade, with Britain and Australia later building a new class of Aukus submarine at Barrow-in-Furness in Britain and in South Australia,

Australia and Britain are set to establish a bilateral treaty under the AUKUS partnership, which includes the U.S., to produce a new class of nuclear-powered submarines. Australia will acquire U.S. Virginia class submarines and later collaborate with Britain to build AUKUS-class submarines,