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"The federal Coalition has gone silent about its plan to build seven nuclear
power plants across Australia. But a new group called ‘Liberals Against
Nuclear’ is frustrating the Coalition’s attempt to downplay its policy and
wants the Coalition to ditch its nuclear policy before the election.
Announcing the group’s launch this morning, the Murdoch press reported:
“‘Desperate’ Liberal supporters have urged Peter Dutton to dump his $331bn
nuclear promise, with fears the policy will drive voters to Teal and
independent candidates in a tightly fought election.
“A coalition of voters, supporters and former officials will launch the new
advocacy group, Liberals Against Nuclear on Tuesday through a series of ads set
to be blasted on television, online platforms and billboards in targeted
electorates.”
Spokesman and former Tasmanian Liberal director Andrew Gregson said:
“The people involved in this group are not doing it out of malice or anger but
out of a desperation of sorts. They want to see the Liberals win government,
and they are involved in a campaign against their own party. That’s not a
comfortable place to be.”
Gregson added:
“Nuclear power is the big road block preventing the Liberals getting to the
Lodge. This is big government waste that betrays liberal values, splits the
party, and hands Government back to Labor. It’s time for our party to dump
nuclear. This policy contradicts core liberal principles by requiring tens of
billions in government borrowing, swelling the bureaucracy, and imposing
massive taxpayer-backed risk.
“As John Howard said: “For Liberals the role of government should be strategic
and limited.” Yet this nuclear policy gives us bigger government, higher taxes
to pay for it, more debt, and less freedom as the state takes over energy
production.”
Referring to divisions within the Coalition about climate science and renewable
energy, Gregson said that nuclear power is “a policy that fixes an internal
problem but hangs a weight around the country’s neck for decades to come” and
that “it’s clever politics but incredible bad policy.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
