They are not baseless claims about Victoria the failed projects are fact and in the public domain.
Victoria has the lowest credit rating of any state for good reason.
The LNP said costing will be out before the next election, so do have knowledge of the costing before anyone else.
When the costings are released, Australians will make up their minds.
You decide what these numbers mean. For Dr Finkel, however, it boils down to this – we should be open to the technology, but it’s not going to help us in the next 20 years.
“As I said, from an engineering point of view nuclear power is an excellent form of energy,” Dr Finkel said.
“What we can’t do is say, ‘Oh, nuclear is easy, therefore let’s stop all the wind and jump on to nuclear.’
“It just can’t possibly happen in the time-frame that we need. But that doesn’t mean we should rule it out because there’s that long term benefit.”
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