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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s pledge to build seven nuclear energy plants, if elected, has triggered heated political debate – mostly about the costs and timetable of the plan. But the concept of nuclear energy in Australia must overcome an arguably even bigger hurdle: how to dispose of high-level nuclear waste.

Emissions target dumped after a mistake in a newspaper interview, Guardian Australia understands; staff fear job losses over student caps

Federal health minister counters that Pharmacy Guild did not make submission to regulation inquiry and selling vapes still a decision for individual stores

Territory 'constitutionally at a disadvantage', Chief Minister says.

WikiLeaks founder due to be sentenced at a hearing in Northern Mariana Islands

Greens leader Adam Bandt accuses Labor of wanting to make ‘cuts to services’ for disabled people

The Coalition shook up Australia’s energy debate last week when it unveiled the seven sites where, if elected, it would build nuclear power plants. In making the announcement, the Coalition emphasised the importance of community consultation in its nuclear energy plan. But what does that actually mean?

The opposition claims Australia is an outlier in the developed world in not having nuclear, yet Germany and Italy have closed their plants

The average age of an active nuclear reactor worldwide is about 32 years – and a live plant reaching even 60 has ‘never happened’, an expert says