Dutton ready for scare on nuclear
Peter Dutton will ‘stare down’ nuclear scare campaigns and seek an election mandate to compel sceptical premiers and business chiefs into fast-tracking his plan to build seven nuclear power plants.
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Powering up for a poll – but it will be all about prices
Peter Dutton’s nuclear promise won’t win him the election, with voters struggling to think past next month let alone what might happen in 2050.
Business bothered by costs, timing
Petter Dutton’s ‘ambitious’ nuclear energy plans would seed confusion into the energy market and potentially deter new investment in the sector business groups say.
Crisafulli’s night of the long knives looms for Labor luvvies
David Crisafulli is preparing to axe Labor luvvies from government boards, while Peter Dutton’s own MPs were kept in the dark on the federal Opposition Leader’s nuclear nuts and bolts.
Beware the lessons of history on costings: Grattan Institute
Pretty much every major energy project in Australia has run way over budget in recent years, so treat long-term nuclear costings with caution, the Grattan Institute’s Tony Wood says.
‘Fatal errors’ in Dutton’s nuclear plan
The Energy Minister has given a brutal assessment of Peter Dutton’s plan to take Australia’s power grid nuclear.
Bowen outlines ‘fatal errors’ as Dutton spruiks nuclear future
Peter Dutton says his $331bn nuclear energy policy will cut power prices for struggling Australians, as he defended its modelling by a firm ‘that’s done millions of dollars of work for Labor’. The PM dismissed the plan as a ‘Friday 13th nightmare’.
Dutton is right to fly the flag for unity in a divided nation
Peter Dutton is right in calling for the display of the Australian flag alone at events, rather than including Indigenous flags.
Climate wars now are economic; this political contest is one without precedent
The climate war is no longer a dispute between the left and the right. It is now an economic war. An ideological contest over how to get to where most people now accept is desirable.
Liberals’ power pitch: Dutton releases modelling to ‘go nuclear, save $264bn’
Peter Dutton on Friday will release the costings of the Coalition’s energy plan he intends to take to the next election, which show a total cost over the next 25 years of $331 billion.
Dutton doubles down on polarising flag call
Peter Dutton is doubling down on his controversial stance on Indigenous flags, hinting there could be changes to the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Deeming wants back in Victorian Liberals, says Pesutto not ‘trustworthy’
Ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming has spoken for the first time since winning her defamation battle against John Pesutto, saying the Victorian Opposition Leader hasn’t proven to be ‘trustworthy’.
Why Dutton is right to fly one flag for unity
In announcing his stance on only one flag, Dutton was both establishing a clear contrast with Labor and differentiating the Dutton Coalition from the Morrison one.
Dutton’s ‘partisan games’ blamed for block on statement
Labor MP Josh Burns says Peter Dutton is playing partisan games by stopping James Paterson from reading out his statement
Dutton accused of ‘hatred’ over flag stance
Peter Dutton’s vow to stand only in front of the Australian flag at public appearances has been condemned by Uluru Dialogue co-chair Pat Anderson.
‘Busy:’ Dutton defends Albo in tennis saga
The Opposition Leader said he didn’t “begrudge” the Prime Minister for playing tennis after a Melbourne synagogue was firebombed in a likely terrorist act.
‘Games’: Concerning claim against Dutton
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has been accused of playing “partisan games” after the firebombing of a Melbourne synagogue.
Mixed reception for PM amid chaotic visit to synagogue four days after terror firebombing
Anthony Albanese was welcomed by community leaders but heckled after emerging from the burnt-out Melbourne synagogue, where he pledged ‘whatever support was necessary’ and said Australia would never tolerate evil acts.
‘Disturbing’: Dutton slammed on flag pledge
Peter Dutton has made a controversial election pitch as the country edges closer to Australia Day, but that decision has been slammed as dismissive.
Opposition Leader aces the PM in terror response
Playing beachside tennis and attending a Labor fundraiser after a likely terror attack on a synagogue continues the PM’s run of poor judgment and equivocation on anti-Semitism.
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