Pauline Hanson calls for two nuclear plants on east coast and insists policy is nothing like Dutton’s failed plan

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson distances party from Peter Dutton’s failed push to build nuclear plants during his unsuccessful election campaign. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Pauline Hanson says two nuclear reactors should be built on Australia’s east coast, but insists One Nation’s policy is nothing like Peter Dutton’s failed push to build plants during his unsuccessful election campaign.

Campaigning in Victoria ahead of the November state election, the One Nation leader went beyond the party’s published policy, which calls for $6.8bn to be spent on construction of one reactor, to be built at a site supported by community consultation.