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Peter Garrett - in 1984 and 2020.

I’ve spent my life fighting nuclear. Here’s what Dutton isn’t telling you about his reactors

This deceptive proposal has all the Trumpian hallmarks: a quasi policy announcement intended to serve sectional interests – in this case fossil fuel giants.

  • Peter Garrett

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Peter Dutton and nuclear.

Activists are spending big on pro-nuclear ads, but it’s Dutton’s silence that has Labor’s attention

An analysis of Meta’s advertising library shows the Liberals last funded a push of its nuclear power policy back in November.

  • Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
US President Donald Trump; Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky; Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump makes play for Ukraine’s nuclear power plants in call with Zelensky

With a deal to access Ukraine’s critical minerals now on the backburner, the US president said American ownership of the country’s power plants would offer “the best protection”.

  • Michael Koziol
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese are at odds over the country’s energy future.

Investors take aim at Coalition as nuclear debate hits boiling point

Major investors have stepped into the debate over Australia’s energy future, warning that policies to slow the shift to renewables will push up power prices.

  • Nick Toscano
A wind farm project has been halted due to the prospect of Opposition leader Peter Dutton, who has pledged to ban projects around the country, forming government.

In the doldrums: Dutton’s anti-offshore wind agenda halts project

Offshore wind farm developer BlueFloat has paused its offshore wind project, as Opposition Leader Peter Dutton pledges to bar the industry in most locations.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull appearing via videolink at the ‘Pumped Storage: Powering Australia’s Energy Future’ conference at the GHD offices in Brisbane yesterday afternoon.

Turnbull pushes pumped hydro, even if Australia goes nuclear

The former PM, now president of the International Hydropower Association, says the energy sector remains “sceptical” about Peter Dutton’s plan for nuclear power.

  • Cameron Atfield and Sean Parnell
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‘Nuclear carbon emission bomb’: 2b tonne greenhouse gas surge forecast under Coalition

The Climate Change Authority has warned a switch to nuclear would lead Australia to miss its climate target for 2030 and struggle to reach net zero by 2050.

  • David Crowe
US energy secretary Chris Wright.

Trump’s energy chief wants Australia to go nuclear

US energy secretary Chris Wright – who claims net zero goals are “sinister” and has denied the science of climate change – welcomes Australia building reactors.

  • Mike Foley

Russian drone attack damages Chernobyl nuclear plant’s shelter, Zelensky says

Radiation levels have not increased, the Ukrainian president and the UN atomic agency say.

  • Reuters
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has pledged to build seven nuclear power stations across the country, which according to government data would use more water than the existing coal plants.

Revealed: The water supply risks posed by Dutton’s nuclear plan

The Albanese government has released modelling to attack Peter Dutton’s energy plan, warning farmers will have to give up water to nuclear reactors.

  • Mike Foley

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