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If a future Coalition government were to bring nuclear into the mix, energy costs for residential and especially industrial customers would likely increase.
In the timing of his announcement, Peter Dutton is putting his nuclear power policy through an early stress test.
The Coalition’s nuclear policy announcement leaves many burning questions. Exactly what kind of reactors will be built? Who will build them? And how much they will cost?
The opposition leader has unveiled his controversial nuclear plan, claiming it could be operational by the 2030s.
Weakening climate ambition as China strengthens its climate targets would undercut Australia’s strategy in our Pacific region.
If Australia is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Coalition needs to stump up with a plan to decarbonise the entire economy.
In a big-target strategy, characterised by a truck load of negativity, as well as laced with a dash of policy adventurism, Peter Dutton is taking the Liberals right back to Tony Abbott’s days.
Dutton on Tuesday reaffirmed the opposition was committed to the net zero by 2050 target but said they would only announce its medium term emission reduction targets after the next election.
Significant diplomatic and economic repercussions would result from Australia watering down our 2030 targets.
Labor’s. fortunes continue to slide in the wake of the failed Voice to Parliament referendum.
The government is embarking on a fraught journey – trying to turn the PM’s promise of action against hate speech into law.
Where do free speech rights end and professional journalistic obligations begin? For journalists in the public eye, it can be hard to tell.
Queensland Premier Steven Miles is falling behind his Liberal counterpart as preferred premier. Federally, Labor and the Coalition remain tied, according to Freshwater polling.
In his budget reply on Thursday night, Dutton tapped into the electorally emotive issues of housing and immigration with the new measures he put forward.
A Coalition government would drastically slash migration as its main way of freeing up more than 100,000 homes over five years, Opposition leader Peter Dutton has promised in his budget reply.
Insisting nuclear power is the only way for Australia to achieve net zero by 2050 is a classic move from the playbook of those who oppose urgent action on climate change.
Given the damage to the Liberal “brand” in recent years, the opposition leader faces an arduous task in clawing back seats or winning new ones.
In a hard-line speech, Peter Dutton has said the Albanese Government has failed to provide moral clarity on Israel and cannot see the danger that antisemitism poses to Australia.
Peter Dutton claims the government can’t credibly meet its 2050 net zero emissions target and pushes Nuclear as the solution.
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