Guarantee of more subs jobs in SA: PM

Prime Minister Tony Abbott insists there will be more submarine jobs in South Australia, but won't say the fleet will be built locally.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

Tony Abbott has given an absolute guarantee there will be more submarine jobs in South Australia. (AAP)

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has given an absolute guarantee there will be more submarine jobs in South Australia.

He was responding to reports some Liberal MPs are concerned about a voter backlash if the contract for Australia's next generation fleet goes to Japan.

"Whatever happens, I can give an absolute, categoric guarantee there will be more sub jobs in South Australia and I think that's what South Australians understandably want," he told reporters in Sydney on Tuesday.


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