Peter Dutton said state rejections “won’t stop” the federal Coalition pursuing nuclear power.Advertisement
Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has ramped up his rhetoric over nuclear power, with an explicit vow to override state premiers’ objections and steamroll through his energy plan if elected.Peter Dutton says he will not let premiers stand in the way if he wins the next federal election – due within a year – which could include his LNP counterpart in Queensland after October’s state election.“So support or opposition at a state level won’t stop us rolling out our new energy system,” he said.
Travelling outside Brisbane since Dutton announced his plan to build seven nuclear reactors nationwide – two of them in Queensland – if elected, Crisafulli repeated the line:Crisafulli was contacted for comment through his office on Saturday but had not provided a response by the time of writing.
“Peter Dutton will get his way – he will take Queenslanders’ power stations off them and turn them into nuclear power stations,” de Brenni said. “It will take him decades to do that, and they will burn coal for decades in the meantime, that means we will miss all of our emission-reduction targets.“ communities are these going to be in?” de Brenni asked. “Whose land is going to be impacted by that? Have they told those communities? And how much is that going to cost?”is a state political reporter with Brisbane Times, where he has also covered city council and general news.