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Going Boeing
I don’t think the Barrier Reef would affect operations out of Brisbane as it ends further North.
The advantage of a Brisbane base (compared to Sydney or Port Kembla) is that it would mean 4 additional days on station per operational deployment (saving 2 transit days each way).
With an election looming, they are leaking information about this bit by bit to stay in the headlines.
New East coast nuclear submarine base to be established
They are just trying to change the conversation about their woeful response to covid. Anything is better than nothing. Their campaign will be security, strong on china. (who sold them the Darwin port, that upset the yanks at the time?) Opposition will ruin Australia, fear works on voters.