Karen Grogan (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Climate Change and Energy has laid out the government's energy and emissions reduction plan, and has clearly articulated, very clearly articulated, that nuclear will not be a part of Australia's energy mix. Nuclear is the most expensive form of energy, so there is a good reason, right? It is the most expensive form of energy, which has been reaffirmed over and over again by various people. The CSIRO in its 2021-22 GenCost report calls nuclear energy 'commercially immature' and 'high cost'. The report also affirms that the cheapest form of energy is mixed renewables such as wind and solar.

I would be delighted to introduce Senator Babet to some scientists, maybe some economists and that might help inform him in his pathway of pushing for nuclear energy. Senator Babet's friends on the opposition benches were unsuccessful in prosecuting this nuclear argument in nine years under their own government. They can't get their own government to support it. Their own people won't back it, so I am not quite sure where that is going for those in the opposition.