The government is poised to introduce legislative changes that could ease US concerns over keeping military secrets sacrosanct.
| Laws overhauling Australia’s defence export controls are set to be introduced to parliament within weeks, in a move by Anthony Albanese to help kickstart
The government introduced its first tranche of AUKUS bills in September, aimed at stopping the unwanted transfer of defence information to foreign militaries. The US State Department currently has an AUKUS Trade Authorisation Mechanism, which is an interim solution to streamline defence trade while the two countries pursue broader changes under AUKUS.
“It still seems clear to me that despite all of that investment, we don’t yet have the capacity in that defence industrial base to build the subs that we need to meet the AUKUS agreement,” Senator Sheehan said.citing US capacity constraints, showed some signs of softening last week following the Biden administration’s request for more funding for submarine production under a supplemental bill calling for further funding for conflict in Israel and Ukraine.
Mr Albanese expressed confidence Congress would pass the legislation because members would recognise it was in America’s interest.
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