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

The approach we take is to listen to the experts. Both AEMO and CSIRO say we need reliable renewables now, not expensive nuclear energy sometime in the 2040s. New independent analysis from IEEFA shows that nuclear energy will add an average of $1,200 a year to a four-person household bill. That's a lot of money—$1,200. The opposition love to talk about the American experience with nuclear energy. What about this first-person account from Anna Hamer on Four Corners last night? She said:

They were telling us everything was going to be OK with this plant, that it would be on time, and it would be on budget. It's over budget and we are paying for that …

Does that sound familiar? Families are already paying the price for their failed energy policies, and if this pipedream comes to fruition they will pay— (Time expired)