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Federal government paying contractor $900,000 for review of naval shipbuilding
The federal government is paying a contractor $900,000 to carry out a new review of naval shipbuilding issues with the findings due by January.
Australia has the expertise and capability. What we don’t have yet is the scale to deliver the graduates and skills in the quantities required …
I’m here to tell you today is that whatever submarine design ends up being chosen, we won’t be able to build and operate it locally unless we address the fundamental issue of Australia’s workforce capability gap.
Nuclear science should clearly be the first cab off the rank for this program, but this approach will also be necessary across the broader advanced capabilities of Aukus including in cyber and computing, engineering, space and quantum physics.
An Aukus pathways program, jointly developed with Defence, could feature a portfolio of tailored degree programs providing a pathway for students to gain qualifications in an Aukus-related field and then progress to a position in Defence working on Aukus programs.
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