“The battle for Port Kembla has begun,” said Arthur Rorris, the secretary of the South Coast Labour Council, a longstanding Labor member and one of the organisers of the annual march.
Labour organisers will escalate their concerns about the AUKUS defence pact by moving an annual workers’ march to the NSW city of Port Kembla to oppose its use as a base for a future submarine fleet.
“We are in a position where we had to make a decision. We have done what we believe is right for the nation,” he told the National Press Club.Husic emphasised the flow-on benefits for local industry from the mammoth project and said he wanted to see as much of the work going to Australian industry as possible.
The decision on the Port Kembla march was taken on Tuesday night by the South Coast May Day Committee, a group that includes Labor members such as Rorris but also union officials and members of the community, independent of any political party. “These submarines have the capacity to remain submerged and deployed for months, making them incredibly hard to detect ... This is a capability that will make Australia a more difficult and costly target for anyone who wishes us harm.”
The federal Labor MP who represents Port Kembla and the surrounding districts, Alison Byrnes, said any decisions about the base would depend on the Defence Strategic Review, due in about one month.
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