Libby Coker (Corangamite, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It's now been 674 days since the opposition leader announced that risky reactors will be the centrepiece of the coalition's energy policy. But where are the details? At this stage it's just a nuclear fantasy that is costly, half-baked yellow cake and ill informed. It's a fantasy that experts say is impossible before 2040 and would cost up to eight times more than renewables. Unlike the coalition, we have a plan to tackle climate change with clean, reliable energy that will reduce emissions to net zero by 2050.

The one thing that people in my region want to know is: will there be a risky reactor on the Surf Coast? The question is credible because the only thing we do know about the coalition's thought bubble is that these nuclear reactors would be located in disused coalmines. I can tell you the people of Anglesea on the Great Ocean Road fought passionately to get rid of the Alcoa coalmine. They certainly did not do this to make way for a nuclear reactor. While the member for Wannon has denied that Anglesea is a potential site, we are yet to officially hear this from the Leader of the Opposition. I urge the opposition leader to come clean and declare where his reactors will be located. The people of the Surf Coast— (Time expired)