Coalition’s climate and energy policy in tatters as opposition splits over nuclear and renewables

The MacIntyre windfarm in Queensland. The Nationals leader, David Littleproud, says Australia doesn’t need ‘large-scale industrial windfarms’ such as those proposed for an offshore zone south of Sydney.The MacIntyre windfarm in Queensland. The Nationals leader, David Littleproud, says Australia doesn’t need ‘large-scale industrial windfarms’ such as those proposed for an offshore zone south of Sydney.

In Queensland the Nuclear Facilities Prohibition Act 2007 bans “the construction and operation of particular nuclear reactors and other facilities in the nuclear fuel cycle”.leader, David Crisafulli, was asked whether he would consider repealing the legislation if his federal colleagues proposed a nuclear plan that stacked up.

“We need to be able to firm up that intermittent power,” he told reporters in Bomaderry. “It can’t be reliant on the weather for the ability to turn on the lights. A modern economy just doesn’t work like that.”

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