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funded review of the multi-billion-dollar Aukus submarine deal, Australia's biggest ever defence project. Peter Garrett, who served as environment minister between 2007 and 2010, said an independent inquiry into the A$368bn
nuclear-armed submarines – and it is structurally hampered by the fact that it has only one shipyard for building submarines, at Barrow-in-Furness. £200m has been committed to uplift Barrow, but the committee found
funding upgrades to the US defence industrial base and will start receiving secondhand nuclear submarines in 2032. [Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email](https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed&CMP=emailbutton) The UK parliament held a year-long
funding and staffing. The Australian Submarine Agency’s resourcing for next financial year will jump by a third – from $385m to $512m. Staffing at the ASA is also set to jump, from about 883 positions