There is an extraordinary exchange between Speers and O’Brien where Speers attempts to get any sort of detail about the Coalition plan: Speers: They’ll only do that if the market keeps investing, as you have acknowledged. O’Brien: I could have answered that. Speers: They will only invest if you give them some clarity if nuclear will take up 50% or 2% of the mix. O’Brien: They will get clarity.
Speers: Do you know this answer? O’Brien: In terms of the broader energy mix, we’ll be coming out with that in due course. Speers: Do you know yourself? You mentioned earlier this body that will work out how many reactors will go on each plant site. That suggests you haven’t worked this out. O’Brien”: So, we have done our planning and we’ll be very explicit about our assumptions. Speers: Do you know the answer to this question? O’Brien: Rephrase the question.