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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
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Madeline Link

Newcastle councillor calls for city to drop its 'nuclear-free' status

The Port of Newcastle. Liberal Cr Callum Pull wants Newcastle council to drop its 'nuclear-free' status in the hopes of securing the east coast nuclear submarine base. File picture

IN the same week Newcastle council reaffirmed its commitment to being a nuclear-free city, Liberal councillor Callum Pull has called for it to relinquish that status.

Cr Pull said the city should drop its "largely symbolic" nuclear-free status to capitalise on the prospect of a domestic nuclear industry.

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