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Benita Kolovos and Lisa Cox

Nationals MP accused of ‘fobbing off’ Gippsland constituents concerned by Dutton’s nuclear plan

Nationals member for Gippsland Darren Chester
Darren Chester has not expressed a personal position on nuclear energy but has called for ‘a calm and rational conversation’ based on ‘facts, technology and environmental science’ rather than fear, politics and ‘media-driven hyperbole’. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The Victorian Nationals MP in a region earmarked for a nuclear reactor by Peter Dutton has failed to meet with key constituents and community groups despite calling for “conversation” on the issue.

The Loy Yang coal-fired power station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, in Darren Chester’s Gippsland electorate, is one of seven locations shortlisted for nuclear reactors under the energy policy the Coalition will take to the 3 May election.

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