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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Peter Hannam Economics correspondent

Peter Dutton refuses to divulge costs of going nuclear at anticipated ‘could it work’ speech

Peter Dutton continues to refuse to release costings for the Coalition’s plan to build seven nuclear plants, saying he will announce details “in due course” before the next election.

There was “zero chance of the Albanese government reaching net zero by 2050, using renewables alone” and so nuclear energy had to be in the grid, Dutton said in a speech at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia in Sydney.

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