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A top member of a US Congress committee overseeing Aukus has said Australia may be required to spend more to ensure American shipbuilders can deliver promised nuclear submarines.

Australia has already sent the US about $3bn (US$2bn) of the $4bn (US$3bn) it committed to invest in American manufacturers in 2023, when the plan was forecast to cost Australia $368bn by the mid-2050s.

I don’t think the US$3bn number, which is in the optimal pathway, is the 10 commandments. I think that as this enterprise unfolds,there may be a rationale for Australia to participate more,but, as I said, at this point, the commitment of US$3bn, [and] already the transmittal [sic] of US$2bn of that commitment is something that most people, certainly on Capitol Hill, still remark and comment very favourably and appreciate.