Amid fallout from fresh findings into a Queensland power station explosion,Mick de Brenni has been forced to interrupt leave to explain past statements.
His comments came as the opposition accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of giving Assange,who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge,an overly warm welcome.
Long-awaited detail into the breakdown of a major Queensland coal power station in 2021 has added fuel to claims about its role in increased power bills.
The state will now appoint special advisors to the government-owned operator of the Callide power station,CS Energy,amid a review of all its power generators.
The drip-fed federal atomic energy plan will open for feedback here in October,whether state LNP leader David Crisfulli likes it or not.
The Coalition’s embrace of nuclear power may be a sign of surrender in teal-town. Pity the moderate candidates suffering the progressive fallout.
The federal LNP leader’s claim that state opposition “won’t stop us rolling out our new energy system” heaps more pressure on his Qld counterpart.
The former premier has given her first sit-down television interview since leaving politics. Here are the key takeaways – some of which didn’t make it to air.
There is no Coalition nuclear plan,except to get re-elected (“Dutton hits the nuclear button”,June 20). No nuclear power plants will ever be built here.
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.
Two of the Coalition’s seven proposed nuclear power plant sites would be in leader Peter Dutton’s home state – one just 150 kilometres from Brisbane.