Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie has unleashed on Peter Dutton’s nuclear ambitions, blasting it as a poorly thought-out plan he pulled “out of his clacker”. The firebrand politician took aim over a lack of detail over nuclear waste, with Senator Lambie also questioning whether Australia has the experts to execute theContinue Reading
Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek has added her voice to the tirade of criticism against the Opposition’s nuclear energy push, labelling the proposal as “completely irrational” and “designed to be a distraction”. Speaking on Sunday, the environment and water minister criticised the Coalition for its refusal to detail the estimated costContinue Reading
A shot was allegedly fired after a group of men and teenage boys become involved in a fight outside a popular shopping centre. Witnesses told police the men used machetes and discharged a gun about 8pm on Friday outside the Pacific Epping shopping centre in Melbourne’s north. When police arrivedContinue Reading
Concluding his 13-year-run in NSW parliament, former NSW treasurer Matt Kean issued a tribute to his “great friend and mentor,” former premier Gladys Berejiklian, resolutely stating her exit from politics “denied the state of one of its finest premiers and leaders”. In a valedictory speech attended by Liberal luminary formerContinue Reading
Peter Dutton says people will be “pleasantly surprised” when they finally see the price tag for the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan. The Opposition Leader on Wednesday released some details of the plan the Coalition had been flagging for months but did not put a price on it. He said againContinue Reading
Labor frontbencher Jason Clare has jumped on reports that nuclear energy could send electricity bills soaring by up to $1000 a year as the government defends using memes with three-eyed koalas to attack the Liberal’s new policy. Liberal leader Peter Dutton announced this week he wants Australia to go nuclear,Continue Reading
Political battlelines are being drawn over the Coalition’s new nuclear power push, with Australians receiving the first taste of an expected scare campaign in opposition to the controversial proposal in the run-up to the next election. Without revealing the multibillion-dollar price tag of its policy, the Coalition on Wednesday unveiledContinue Reading
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has hit back at critics of the Coalition’s nuclear power plan, defending the decision not to release the policy’s cost which is expected to have a multi-billion price tag. Speaking on Thursday morning, Mr Dutton said the Coalition had deliberately not released the full details whileContinue Reading
NSW Premier Chris Minns has led the call from state leaders denouncing Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s plans to build seven nuclear reactors across the country. On Wednesday, the Liberal leader made an election pledge to build at least two of the government-owned nuclear plants between 2035 and 2037 at existingContinue Reading
Peter Dutton is set to announce his long-awaited nuclear energy policy including several proposed sites and has called an unscheduled meeting of the shadow cabinet to finalise the plan. News.com.au has confirmed that the Liberal leader plans to announce two to three sites where he wants to see nuclear energyContinue Reading