Mr O'Brien's admission comes days after Liberal leader Peter Dutton finally announced the hotly anticipated locations for the party’s nuclear power sites if it wins at the next election.
“We need more renewables, more gas and as coal exits the system, we're going to have to introduce zero emissions nuclear energy,” Mr O’Brien said. Nuclear energy, he claimed, would provide cheaper and more reliable power for both Aussie households and businesses. In a newsletter briefing emailed to Labor’s membership database, ALP National Secretary Paul Erickson labelled the Coalition’s nuclear policy a"scam" and revealed it had The letter is filled with hyperbole describing nuclear reactors as dangerous and"risky" and ironically calls the Coalition’s policy"fear mongering" against renewables.