'Almost nothing worth doing starts off with support from Labor': Credlin

Sky News host Peta Credlin says "almost nothing worth doing, starts off with support from Labor" after Prime Minister Scott Morrison ruled out lifting the moratorium on nuclear power if it didn't garner bipartisan support.

"There wasn't bipartisan support for stopping the boats – but the Coalition did it., and there wasn't bipartisan support for the Western Sydney airport – but it's now finally happening after 50 years of procrastination," she said.

"Most things only get bipartisan support after they've been shown to work – what's that adage? Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.

"The challenge here for a political leader is to pick the issues you want to fight on and then to time them well. And often, the things that matter most are those you just have to run on with no other support."

Ms Credlin noted a 2019 poll found support for developing a nuclear industry was up 16 per cent - from 2011 - to 51 per cent and opposition was 24 per cent to 34 per cent.

"And why not? There are now small modular nuclear plants about the size of a tennis court. How can they be so dangerous when the medical nuclear reactor in a southern suburb of Sydney has now been operating without a hitch for more than 60 years?" she said.

"Just like we can export coal, but no longer use it, it's always been pretty crazy that we could export uranium but not use it ourselves.

"We have 34 per cent of the world's uranium reserves; are the third biggest exporter in the world and have been for years; indeed our current uranium exports are more than enough to generate more than all the power we currently use."

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