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Ted O'Brien

October

Opposition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien speaks on Tuesday.

Only the Coalition has credible plan to close coal

Labor’s real game plan is to “extend and pretend”.

June

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have butted heads on climate targets.

Libs won’t pretend Labor’s 2030 targets are on track

The claim the Coalition is pulling out of the Paris Agreement is a lie. But we won’t be shy in holding the government to account for locking Australia into emission reductions goals it cannot meet.

August 2023

I’ll see Chris Bowen’s five issues on nuclear energy and raise him ten.

10 reasons Bowen is wrong on nuclear

With Labor’s climate and energy policy in tatters, you’d think it would be keen to learn from others who are successfully decarbonising.

February 2023

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Safeguard mechanism is a Trojan horse carbon tax

Labor’s cunning plan is to reform the safeguard mechanism will be bad for the economy and the environment. When local manufacturers close their doors, higher emitting markets will fill the void.

December 2022

South Australian Labor Premier Peter Malinauskas says the opposition to nuclear power is “ideological”.

Labor needs a plan B for energy transition

We need renewables to succeed. But the irony is that Labor is setting them up to fail by demonising gas, demolishing coal-fired plants, and rubbishing the nuclear option.

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