Deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop promotes nuclear power for Australia
Bishop urges resources industry to back nuclear energy Financial Review, JONATHAN BARRETT, 8 May 13,
Deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop has urged the resources industry to try to win public support for the politically sensitive case for nuclear energy.
Sitting in the audience at a business event in Perth on Tuesday, Ms Bishop asked a panel whether miners were doing enough to defeat “social activists” opposed to the development of the country’s natural resources……..
Many Liberals, including leader Tony Abbott, have argued that Australia should seriously consider nuclear energy as a means to reduce carbon emissions, even though it is not an official policy being promoted before the federal election.
Ms Bishop, the shadow minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, has just returned from Russia, which recently received its first shipment of uranium from Australia. Her comments indicate she would also like to see Australia consider using its own vast reserves of uranium to produce nuclear power…… http://www.afr.com/p/2100/bishop_urges_resources_industry_TxeDLLGD90FDbofFcD4R9L
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