Shadow Treasurer Responds to Labor’s Criticism of Nuclear Policy

It comes after Labor estimated the nuclear plan would cost Queensland around $872 billion, or 5 percent of its gross state product by 2050.

Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor speaks to the media during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, on July 4, 2023. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi

As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese campaigns in Queensland, Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor has responded to Labor’s criticisms of the Coalition’s nuclear energy proposal.

Taylor claimed Labor was the “greatest hit” to Queensland’s economy and dismissed the government’s analysis of the Opposition’s $330 billion nuclear plan as “desperate.”