Defence Minister Richard Marles says he and the South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas have signed a cooperation agreement following the AUKUS announcement on Tuesday.
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The nuclear submarines Australia will receive under AUKUS will be based on a British design and are set to be built in Adelaide, with the first to be completed in just under two decades, around 2042. “The most important aspect of that is a headline commitment between our two governments to work cooperatively together to deliver this project,” Mr Marles said during a media conference on Wednesday.Mr Marles assured Australians that they can have the “highest degree of confidence” that the Albanese government and South Australian government are working closely together to deliver the AUKUS submarines for the nation.
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