Trade unionists, conservationists and church groups unite against Dutton’s nuclear plan

Anti-nuclear protesters in Melbourne in March. A wide range of groups have released a joint statement in opposition to the Coalition’s plans for nuclear power reactors as opposed to renewables. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Trade unions, conservationists, First Nations groups, church congregations and community organisations have launched a coordinated campaign against opposition leader Peter Dutton’s plan for nuclear reactors across Australia.

The Coalition has pledged, if elected, to build seven nuclear reactors to replace retiring or retired coal sites naming Tarong and Callide in Queensland, Liddell and Mount Piper in New South Wales, Port Augusta in South Australia, Loy Yang in Victoria, and Muja in Western Australia.