$88m boost for AUKUS workforce amid skills shortage

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The investment is aimed at building the AUKUS workforce in Western Australia and South Australia, as industry chiefs warn of a maritime skills crisis.

Labor will spend $88 million creating a future AUKUS workforce amid ongoing warnings of a local skills crisis, as Australia prepares to operate and maintain its own nuclear-powered submarines within a decade.

Over the next six years, the 2026 Nuclear‑Powered Submarine Workforce Strategy aims to boost training and employment opportunities for up to 275 apprentices and trainees in submarines and shipbuilding in Western Australia and South Australia.

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