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Dominic Giannini and Andrew Brown

BIZARRE: East coast base for nuclear powered subs - What They Never Told You

There will be no major decisions made on the proposed nuclear submarine program before the upcoming federal election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton on Sunday told the ABC there would be an announcement "within the next couple of months about which boat we are going with (and) what we can do in the interim".

But Mr Morrison says Australians should not expect the decision to be made before the election, due in May.

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