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✍️ Australian Coalition leader Peter Dutton claims his plan to introduce nuclear energy will keep the lights on at a lower cost than Labor's renewables-reliant transition.
👉 Coalition's nuclear plan would cost $331bn over 25 years
👉 Nuclear energy would account for 38% of Australia's energy needs by 2050
👉 Renewables would cover 54% of energy needs by 2050
👉 Coalition's plan assumes demand for electricity would not increase as much as expected
👉 Experts have dismissed the Coalition's assumption that a large-scale nuclear reactor could be generating electricity by 2036
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Opposition leader spruiks Frontier Economics modelling but Labor insists ‘it won’t pass the pub test’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPeter Dutton claims his plan to introduce nuclear energy in Australia will “keep the lights on” at a lower cost than the Labor government’s renewables-reliant transition.“This is a plan which will underpin the economic success of our country for the next century,” Dutton said in Brisbane on Friday. Continue reading...
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