A secret government report leaked to Greens MP Abigail Boyd reveals that the Port of Newcastle, along with Port Kembla on the New South Wales South Coast, is still under consideration as a nuclear submarine facility, as envisaged under the AUKUS treaty with the United States and Britain.

According to a May 25 report in the Newcastle Herald, the leaked documents were prepared by the NSW Cabinet Office and the Premier’s Department to assess the suitability of the two ports as a future East Coast base for a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS deal.

While Port Kembla on the South Coast is the secret assessment’s preferred site, Muloobinba/Newcastle remains under consideration.

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