There's more behind Peter Dutton backing nuclear energy than meets the eye, and that could spell trouble for Anthony Albaneseand, in that time, it has been Peter Dutton and the Coalition setting the terms of the debate in federal politics.Anthony Albanese says his cabinet is preparing "an offer" to put to the Australian people at the election. As it crafts its pitch, the biggest uncertainty is what sort of parliament a second term Labor government would likely face.
Business interests have expressed their concern about new climate policy uncertainty. People worried about the climate are alarmed by a new policy vacuum opening up for another decade or more. A common response to the prime minister in focus groups these days, in general, is: "Yeah, but what's he actually done?".
Whether it's the Greens or independents more broadly, there is now a third group of runners in the political race who are not satisfied with either the Coalition or Labor on climate policy.Most of the elements of what Peter Dutton has said on energy in recent months are not new territory for the Coalition.
In the internal positioning, as the Opposition tries to backfill an announcement with an actual policy, insiders say this is still roughly how things line up: "The Liberals still think nuclear is their get out of jail free card, the Nats want to make sure they will still get the billions". The government, meanwhile, now has yet another factor outside of its control on which its performance will be conspicuously measured before the next election.
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