Mixed feelings for AUKUS submarines to be built in community

ABC NEWS (Australia)

South Australia's Premier says he remains confident submarines will be built in Adelaide despite the US Government's AUKUS review. Traders near the shipyard where AUKUS submarines are likely to be built have expressed mixed reaction to the Trump Administration's move amid hopes AUKUS will boost the local economy.

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00:00For Port Adelaide bakery owner Phillip Donnelly,

00:05AUKUS brought hope for more customers from the nearby shipyards.

00:09Now he's unsure that'll be the case.

00:12It's pretty concerning whenever something puts a big question mark

00:15on any sort of investment into an area, especially that I've invested in.

00:19While some locals have doubts about the US government's review

00:23of the AUKUS security pact, others say it didn't come as a shock.

00:27I was surprised it took them this long.

00:29We kind of expected it.

00:30We saw that that happened in the UK when Keir Starmer got in.

00:34AUKUS is expected to create thousands of jobs at Osborne,

00:37boosting the local population and economy.

00:40Despite the review, politicians remain confident

00:43nuclear-powered submarines will be built in Adelaide.

00:47We're sort of focused on the main game,

00:48which is that Australia needs a sovereign submarine-building capability

00:53and that's going to be here in South Australia.

00:56Over the last decade it was, do we buy them off the shelf from Japan?

00:59Do we invest in French technology?

01:02We're confident now we've got the right answer to the question.

01:05SA is likely to start building SSN AUKUS submarines from the 2030s.

01:11Already the Federal and South Australian governments have invested hundreds of millions of dollars

01:16on a new training academy here at Osborne, as well as university places to build a submarine workforce.

01:22Local defence companies have also started to enter the US supply chain for the construction of Virginia-class submarines.

01:29We are seeing a bigger appetite for companies to not move their businesses away from South Australia

01:37but to set up a US base.

01:39Setting up stronger ties between South Australia and the US,

01:42despite Donald Trump's America First agenda.

01:59We will do much higher education in the US tax year.

02:02You can't pay attention to the US tax year,

02:03but the US tax year can be on the US tax year on the US tax year...

02:05...uncredit

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