Josh Burns (Macnamara, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

please come and build a nuclear power plant in my seat or say that you're going to. You can have a press conference outside my office and you can do it as loud as you want, because people in my seat, people in Macnamara, understand that renewable energy is the cheapest form of energy. We are going to transition towards renewable energy. I would be proud if the member for New England came to Macnamara. In fact, please come to Macnamara and tell us all about your plans for whatever it is that you want to build.

We are clear about the fact that renewable energy is the cheapest form of energy. We're clear about the fact that nuclear power is not going to power Australia. It would be diabolically expensive for Australians. It would be hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars that would add power prices to Australian families. Instead, we're going to get on with the job of building renewable energy, solar and wind, backed up by firming engines, because it's the cheapest form of energy, and that's what we're going to build.

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