US to have access to Western Australia nuclear submarine shipyard

Before the Virginia-class submarines, the facility will receive "a rotation of US and UK vessels", Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday.

"This will provide for a significant benefit for our allies, which is part of the AUKUS arrangement," Albanese told a press conference in Perth.

The Republican and Democratic heads of a US congressional committee for strategic competition with China expressed strong support for AUKUS in July.