Australia will need 20,000 more workers to build its new submarine fleet and transform the nation’s defence over the next three decades
Australia will need 20,000 more workers to build a new submarine fleet and transform the nation’s defence over the next three decades under forecasts to be revealed within days as part of the AUKUS pact with the United States and the United Kingdom.
The 20,000 jobs forecast includes workers supporting AUKUS in the Australian Defence Force, domestic industry and the Australian public service. This includes 8500 direct jobs in Australia’s building and servicing the submarines, with jobs including scientists, engineers, project managers, operators, technicians, welders, construction workers, electricians, metal fitters and builders.
The recruitment campaign will begin on March 19 to encourage Australians to join the navy and it will not be restricted to the AUKUS project on submarines. The nuclear reactors are four metres by two metres and are designed to be inserted into the submarines during their construction, resulting in a fully self-contained power source with no refuelling.
Former prime minister Paul Keating has criticised the AUKUS pact for putting Australian sovereignty at risk because of the reliance on the US, and former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has questioned the claims about the advantages of nuclear reactors and their lifetime fuel source.
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