How States Responded to the Opposition’s Nuclear Alternative to Net Zero

Australian state leaders have responded to federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s plan to construct seven nuclear power plants across the country if elected. The Liberal-National Coalition is proposing to replace retiring coal-fired power stations with nuclear facilities, as an alternative path towards net zero—rather than adopt a mass roll-out of wind turbines, solar panels, and batteries. The slated sites for nuclear power plants include Loy Yang Power Station in Gippsland of Victoria, Callide and Tarong in Queensland, Port Augusta in South Australia, Collie in West Australia, as well as Mount Piper in Lithgow, and Liddell in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales....