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'Running for prime minister of La La Land': Labor steps up attack on Dutton nuclear plan

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The Opposition Leader has defended his controversial energy plan against Labor attacks it's not properly costed.

this morning over the costings of the Coalition proposal to build seven nuclear reactors on the sites of retiring coal-fired power plants.

"The real issue though is this nuclear fantasy. I mean, candidly, the economics of Peter Dutton's proposal just don't stack up at all.The release of the Coalition nuclear energy plan earlier this week has created uncertainty among investors who are set to plough billions of dollars into the Australian renewables sector.

"I want to bring Australians' power prices down. I want to make sure that we've got reliable power. And as we find out today that the independent regulator is warning that we'll get blackouts and brownouts under this government," he said."I want to make sure that we've got cleaner energy and nuclear is a zero emissions technology, and it's been used in Australia since 1958.

But Shorten pointed to the skyrocketing costs of Britain's Hinkley Point planned nuclear plant as an example of a nuclear project running late and over budget.

 

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