Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. I refer the minister to statements by French President Emmanuel Macron that 'nuclear energy is a source that is necessary to succeed for carbon neutrality in 2050'. I also refer to statements by the United States special envoy for climate, John Kerry. He said:

… we can't get to net zero 2050 unless we have a pot, a mixture, of energy approaches in the new energy economy. And one of those elements which is essential in all the modelling I've seen, is nuclear.

Does the Albanese government agree with President Macron, Secretary Kerry and many other world leaders that more nuclear energy generation is an essential requirement in achieving net zero?