Antinuclear

Today during a Rally for Solar a final challenge to the two leading candidates for the seat of Canning: the Liberal Party’s Andrew Hastie and Labor’s Matt Keogh. Over lunch they gathered at the Mandurah electorate offices of each candidate to deliver giant letters written on behalf of the people of Canning, calling on both candidates to publicly declare their support for a goal of at least 50% renewable energy by 2030.
The result? Labor’s Matt Keogh has declared his personal support for the policy, already endorsed by his Party’s National Platform. Unfortunately, we can’t say the same for Andrew Hastie. Despite giving Mr Hastie every opportunity to support solar, he has declined to do so – and he didn’t show up to speak to solar supporters at today’s event.
Mr Hastie’s refusal to commit comes in spite of the overwhelming support solar enjoys with the people of Canning. In…