Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

something I assume the current Leader of the Opposition voted for when it came in.

I'm asked about international advantages, and the Leader of the Opposition has enthusiastically promoted US based company NuScale's small reactor technology. But last November this poster child of the opposition collapsed because of rising costs, taking with it $600 million of American taxpayers' money.

In a speech to the Institute of Public Affairs in July last year, the Leader of the Opposition told his audience that, as part of a nuclear renaissance, France would shortly commence testing on a nuclear power plant in Flamanville. The Leader of the Opposition forgot to mention that the plant is now more than a decade overdue, with the final cost—$22.3 billion—being more than four times the original estimate, and that's if it actually starts this year.

In November, the shadow minister for energy said on radio that nuclear in the UK is ramping up further and further. Britain's flagship Hinkley Point C nuclear plant was initially due to be operational in 2017 and now it's going to cost— (Time expired)

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