Pro-nuclear MP says Labor ‘weaponising’ CSIRO report showing renewables are cheapest

Shadow minister for climate change and energy Ted O'Brien has long championed nuclear as a solution to Australia’s emissions reduction energy transition. He says Labor has weaponised a CSIRO report which found renewables to be cheapest. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The shadow energy minister and long-time nuclear advocate Ted O’Brien has accused Labor of weaponising a CSIRO report which found renewables to be the cheapest form of energy.

The Australian Energy Market Operator/CSIRO report found renewables was the cheapest form of power. This prompted the climate change minister, Chris Bowen, to say the opposition’s crusade for a nuclear option was not viable.