Peter Dutton admits the cost of his nuclear policy will be “big”. So big that it could cause enormous problems to the federal budget.
The incident came just a day before thousands are expected to gather at the roughly 4500-year-old stone circle to celebrate the summer solstice.
Nuclear energy is one topic the Queensland LNP leader wanted to avoid before the state election,but Dutton’s federal pitch means that’s no longer possible.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has announced a bold plan with almost no detail,leaving cynics to draw only one conclusion.
Parts of the country have experienced the coldest June morning in almost 30 years and the cold snap is expected to last for days.
The opposition leader will announce the sites of proposed nuclear plants on Wednesday even as power companies warn against the economic impact of ditching the 2030 climate target.
Voters remain mostly in favour of a 2030 climate change target,with 52 per cent saying the government should stick to the current goal or make even deeper cuts to emissions.
On paper we can offset our way to net zero. In the real world,we cannot.
New voter priorities on immigration,the cost of living and war have hurt climate-focused parties,which just lost a third of their EU seats.
New figures heighten the dispute over energy policy after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton revealed this week he would not set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
The return of the climate war has entrenched old fault lines.