Wollongong residents react angrily to reports Port Kembla will be east coast base for Aukus subs

Unions and business worry ‘a nuclear submarine parking lot’ will displace offshore wind and container terminal jobs

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Unions and business groups in Wollongong have rejected the prospect of Port Kembla becoming the east coast base for Australia’s nuclear submarines, warning it could displace offshore wind and container terminal jobs.

While the Albanese government insists that no decision has been made on the base, local people have responded angrily to the $368bn 30-year Aukus submarine plan because of reports that Port Kembla is the site most likely for the east coast base.

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