The Australian Greens have said any plan by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to invest in nuclear power is \u2018pure fantasy\u2019, and a \u2018dead cat\u2019 distraction strategy to divert attention from Liberal and Labor\u2019s joint backing of opening more coal and gas mines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dutton can\u2019t win government this election and with no pathway to control of the Senate to repeal the federal nuclear ban, and state leaders \u2013 including the QLD Liberal leader \u2013 opposed to repealing state bans, the Greens say Dutton\u2019s words are a deliberate distraction from his commitment to climate-destroying coal and gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile Labor\u2019s Future Made in Australia policy and Future Gas Strategy will mean a future for coal and gas past 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt MP:<\/strong> \u201cPeter Dutton can talk about nuclear power as much as he wants, but it\u2019s not going to happen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf I wanted to tune in to a fantasy I\u2019d watch The Lord of the Rings<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPeter Dutton can\u2019t win government and he can\u2019t repeal the nuclear ban in the Senate. It\u2019s a \u2018dead cat\u2019 strategy, a dangerous distraction from Liberal and Labor\u2019s push to open up more coal and gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLiberal and Labor can have a fake debate about building nuclear power stations in 30 years, but if they both keep opening more coal and gas mines in the meantime, the climate crisis will get worse and people will suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Australian Greens have said any plan by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to invest in nuclear power is \u2018pure fantasy\u2019, and a \u2018dead cat\u2019 distraction strategy to divert attention from Liberal and Labor\u2019s joint backing of opening more coal and gas mines. Dutton can\u2019t win government this election and with no pathway to control of … Continue reading “DUTTON IS IN NUCLEAR FANTASY LAND, WHILE LABOR REMAINS ADDICTED TO COAL AND GAS”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27333,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27332\/revisions\/27333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cThe battle lines for the next election are clear. Liberals are for nuclear, Labor is for more coal and gas and the Greens are for clean renewables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n