Australian Parliament

Boss Energy CEO said Australia’s nuclear ban is preventing the country from cleaner, affordable, and reliable electricity.

The CEIG said its members supported renewables, which they consider the least-cost technologies.

Margaret Beavis said the elevated risk of leukemia extended beyond 50 kilometres from a nuclear power station.

‘I think what we find with nuclear is you can have some well-paid jobs, but it’s for a very few [people],’ said Victorian Trades Hall Council secretary.

Latrobe Valley Sustainability Group said nuclear power stations used around 20-25 percent more water than coal-fired plants.

Latrobe City Council Mayor Dale Harriman says the local population has also shrunk.

He said said Australia could avoid the mistakes of European nuclear projects by learning from the UAE.

Since the May federal budget, the Coalition has strongly criticised Labor’s plan to create 36,000 new public sector jobs in the forward estimates.

Former FANR director of nuclear safety stressed the importance of having a builder with the right expertise and a mature supply chain.

‘Within 500 years, you could hold a spent fuel bundle in your hands without risk to your health,’ said Canadians for Nuclear Energy President Chris Keefer.

The prime minister has also had to play down the supposed impact WA’s premier had on negotiations.

The Australian Senate was working up late on Nov. 28 passing over 30 bills.

Tens of thousands of Georgians were disconnected from the power grid due the sharp price increases this year, Patty Durand said.

New Australian laws allows the government to pay other countries to accept those non-citizens.

The Home Affairs Department says non-citizens could be deported to a range of countries.

Liberal Senator James Paterson questioned the Home Affairs Department’s slow progress and raised concerns about security risks of released asylum seekers.

Gamma Energy Technology Director Geoff Bongers said there needed to be a balance in the power grid.

Anthony Albanese lauded Shorten’s work rebuilding Labor post-2019, while Peter Dutton called him the great prime minister Australia never had.

Chris Baker said pumped hydro could generate a base load like nuclear, while being cheaper to build and a better complement to renewables.

The treasurer is moving the changes as more Australians prepare to retire and draw from their super accounts.