More than 40 organisations have called on the federal government to rule out Port Kembla as a future location for a nuclear submarine base under the AUKUS deal.

The Port Kembla Declaration — signed by 43 local, state and national organisations — was launched as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese locked in a meeting with US President Trump in October , amid uncertainty around the future of the AUKUS deal.

The declaration was unveiled at a memorial to the historic Dalfram strike at the port.

The 1938 anti-war strike saw wharfies at Port Kembla refuse to load pig iron onto steamships bound for Japan, including the Dalfram, amid concerns about its use in the military conflict with China at the time.

"We're here in the same spirit, to launch the Port Kembla Declaration," South Coast Labour C

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