This article criticizes Peter Dutton's nuclear energy policy and highlights the inconsistencies in Australia's recycling scheme. It also expresses concerns about the censorship capabilities of a recent AI chatbot.
Sean Kelly draws a comparison between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Paul Keating, urging Albanese to embrace a greater dose of imagination in governing. Kelly then shifts his focus to the federal opposition, criticizing Peter Dutton for his lack of policy substance over the past two years.
Dutton has garnered attention by highlighting the perceived waste of hiring 36,000 public servants and making Trump-like pronouncements, but he remains vague about his plans for public servant cuts, revealing them only after the election. Kelly points out the hypocrisy of Dutton's criticism, noting that the Liberal Morrison government, of which Dutton was a member, spent $20 billion on consultants, many performing basic bureaucratic tasks, in comparison to the $6 billion Dutton cites for public servants. He also accuses Dutton of overlooking the damage inflicted by the Coalition's robo-debt scheme, which financially and emotionally harmed vulnerable Australians. Kelly further criticizes Dutton's economic reasoning by highlighting his analogy of choosing between an electric car and a future nuclear car. Dutton argues that waiting 10 years for nuclear technology will save him money despite the immediate cost-savings of utilizing his existing solar panels to charge an electric car. Kelly questions this logic, pointing out the inconsistency of spending heavily on petrol and repairs for a decade-old car instead of utilizing free electricity. He draws parallels to his own experience with solar panels, noting that his electricity bills are almost nonexistent. Kelly suggests that investing in local batteries rather than nuclear plants could lead to Australia's self-sufficiency in renewable energy. He argues that Dutton's claims of a 44% reduction in energy costs through nuclear power lack credibility, citing the disastrous experience of the Vogtle Plant in Georgia, which suffered significant cost overruns and construction delays. Kelly also criticizes Dutton's unrealistic timeline for building two AR1000 reactors by 2036 and his underestimated costs per reactor.Drawing parallels with Donald Trump, Kelly suggests that Dutton's approach resembles a Trumpian playbook. He notes that Dutton's inclination towards stridence and populist rhetoric predates Trump's rise to prominence. Kelly then makes a broader point about the lack of consistency in Australia's recycling scheme, highlighting the inconsistency of including longneck bottles in the deposit scheme but excluding wine bottles and other common containers like jars and tins. He argues that expanding the deposit scheme to encompass all glass and tin containers would incentivize recycling and benefit charities. Kelly concludes his piece by expressing concerns about the censorship and limitations of a recently encountered AI chatbot, noting its inability to answer questions regarding Xi Jinping and its tendency to delete previously provided information. He fears that this chatbot may be a Trojan horse and urges caution
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