Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator. On this side of the chamber, we believe in clean, cheap, reliable energy that puts downward pressure on energy bills. What does Mr Dutton believe in? He believes in using taxpayer money to invest in the most expensive form of energy that there is and then take 20 years to build it. Mr Dutton can't even answer basic questions about his risky nuclear plan like: How much will it cost to build? How much will it add to energy bills? None of these answers have been provided, and Peter Dutton—Mr Dutton—and the Liberals want you to trust them, but you just have to witness the debacle that was the New South Wales local government nominations to understand that you can't trust these people with anything. If you can't trust them to lodge a form on time, how on earth could you trust them to build a nuclear reactor?