Peter Dutton calls for government to engage in ‘mature conversation’ on nuclear energy

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he is a “strong supporter” of renewable energy and has called for the government to engage in a “mature conversation” about having nuclear energy in the system.

Mr Dutton said nuclear energy is zero emissions, it’s the “latest technology” and it is "adopted by 19 of the G20 countries”.

“Australia is the only one of the 20 biggest economies in the world not to have nuclear or not to have signed up to having nuclear in their system to firm up renewables,” Mr Dutton said.

“I’m a very strong supporter of renewables but they can’t work 24/7, I want to believe that the battery can last longer than two hours.

“We need to have a proper, mature conversation, I believe that we can have greener energy, more secure and more reliable energy and we can have cheaper electricity if we have nuclear in the mix.

“The government can’t get its way to its international commitments of net zero by 2050 without having the latest generation zero-emissions nuclear power in the mix.

“That’s just a hard scientific fact and so we’ll continue to this debate.

“Under Labor, your power bills are going to continue to go up and there is a greater likelihood that we’ll continue to see blackouts and brownouts.”

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