Amid a fierce political debate over energy policy, the Labor-led nuclear inquiry was seen as a tactic to discredit the Coalition's policy and stir up opposition in the regional communities where it wants to build reactors. But after weeks of public hearings, the Opposition is making the most of the opportunity to spruik its plans.
Labor set up an inquiry to derail public support for Dutton's nuclear ambitions. Some now wonder whether it's backfiring Labor set up an inquiry to derail public support for Dutton's nuclear ambitions. Some now wonder whether it's backfiringThe Coalition 's most vociferous nuclear convert has made the most of his position on a Labor -dominated committee investigating Australia's energy future.
After hearings in Queensland, Victoria and Canberra, O'Brien reckons the Labor-led inquiry has given him a platform to ventilate his plans, or in other words, to "normalise" nuclear."There are people who are adamantly opposed, people who are adamantly for it and the vast majority are open-minded." In Biloela, near Gladstone in Queensland, where about 100 community members turned up for the hearing, much of the anger being vented was about the massive expansion of wind and solar farms, changing the landscape in the region.
Last month, legislation was passed to allow for the storage and disposal of nuclear waste at the Adelaide shipyard in Osborne. Local residents staged a protest against the plan.But after attending the Queensland hearings, what surprised him most was "the extreme spin coming off the same set of facts and information".
Darren McCubbin from the Gippsland Climate Change Network received applause when he told the meeting there were renewable projects ready to go, while the Coalition's nuclear plan would take years to become a reality.At the Biloela hearing, farmers also expressed concerns about how a nuclear power plant might affect the value of their land and the impact on water supplies in a region often drought-declared.
South Burnett Shire Mayor Kathy Duff said it was standing room only at the Nanago Services Club hearing last month.
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