Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

That is what you just said. Matt Price quoted Ziggy Switkowski saying, ‘The only way you can justify any nuclear into the mix is if you are determined to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.’ That is absolutely right, and that is what this debate is about: how we best address the issue of reducing greenhouse emissions. Quite clearly, nuclear driven electricity generation will achieve that. Is it the best way of achieving it? That is what the community needs to debate. That is what we need to have a look at. And we need to have a look at whether we are better off investing large amounts of community resources in clean coal technology. We need to have a realistic assessment of whether solar and wind power will provide the electricity generation this country will need over the next 50 years to provide jobs for our children and to continue the growth of our economy. That is the debate we need to have in relation to this.

The debate we do not need to have is a Senator Carr debate, which is about saying, ‘Tell me where you are going to put them.’ What a disgraceful contribution to the debate it was from you, Senator Carr. And Senator Stephens, who is sitting behind you—