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Anthony Albanese slams Opposition’s nuclear ‘obsession’ as he doubles down on renewables push at NSW Labor conference

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hit out at Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan, as he doubled down on the government’s push for renewables as the path forward for Australia’s energy future during his address at the NSW Labor conference.

Sky News, Adriana Mageros, Digital Reporter, July 27, 2024 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has slammed the Opposition’s “obsession with nuclear power”, as he doubled down on the government’s renewables push at the New South Wales Labor conference. 

Mr Albanese delivered his speech to hundreds of delegates on Saturday at the annual Labor event, which will run for two days at Sydney’s Town Hall. 

Security was earlier heightened in the Sydney CBD as Pro-Palestine protesters gathered outside the venue ahead of the Prime Minister’s arrival.

Speaking to delegates, Mr Albanese declared Labor’s bid for cleaner and renewable energy will produce a “new generation” of manufacturing jobs, particularly across regional Australia.  

However, he claimed the Liberal Party’s nuclear agenda was putting this job growth at risk. 

“They brag about driving the car industry out of Australia when they were last in government, and now they want to sacrifice a new generation of manufacturing jobs,” Mr Albanese said. 

“All in the name of their obsession with nuclear power.”

Mr Dutton unveiled his long-awaited nuclear energy policy in June, proposing to build seven nuclear reactors across regional Australia should the Coalition win the next election. 

The proposed power plants would be built on existing sites of aging coal-fired power stations, which are heading into retirement.

“It’s been over a month since the Liberals finally announced their plan for nuclear reactors in every state on the mainland, but they can’t find a single investor to back it,” Mr Albanese said. 

“They won’t tell people what the cost of building these reactors will be, and they won’t tell you how long it will take.

“They don’t have an answer about how or where they will safely store the nuclear waste.

……………………………………………………………………………………. In his speech to delegates on Saturday, the Prime Minister also announced the government will be working with traditional owners to make the uranium mine at Jabiluka in the Northern Territory part of the Kakadu National Park. 

“This means there will never be mining at Jabiluka,” Mr Albanese declared. 

“The Mira people have loved and cared for their land for more than 60,000 years.

“Our government will work with them to keep it safe for all time.”………………….  https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/anthony-albanese-slams-oppositions-nuclear-obsession-as-he-doubles-down-on-renewables-push-at-nsw-labor-conference/news-story/2ac731547651c7f26f08aec10676b0a1

July 27, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | TOPICS