Opposition leader spruiks Frontier Economics modelling but Labor insists ‘it won’t pass the pub test’
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Peter Dutton is promising power bills will be 44% cheaper under his $331bn nuclear energy plan, but the modelling relies on demand not increasing as much as the government expects, despite the growing popularity of electric vehicles and energy-hungry technologies.
Dutton claimed on Friday his plan to introduce nuclear energy in Australia would “keep the lights on” at a lower cost than the Labor government’s renewables-reliant transition.
