The Coalition says the rest of the G20 is powering ahead with nuclear – it’s just not true

Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton with shadow energy minister Ted O’Brien. Their assertions that nuclear power would ‘cheaper, cleaner and consistent’ are not backed by evidence. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

So much has been said by the Coalition about what nuclear energy could do for Australia, with so little evidence to back it up, that it can be hard to keep up with the claims.

The key assertion by Peter Dutton and Ted O’Brien is that nuclear would lead to a “cheaper, cleaner and consistent” electricity supply. None of this has been supported.