Staying with the opposition’s finance spokeswoman Jane Hume, who was quizzed about the Coalition’s plans for nuclear energy.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton delayed announcing up to six sites for future nuclear power plants, and the announcement is now expected after the budget.
She told ABC RN Breakfast this morning the Coalition would announce the policy “in advance of the next election”.
Shadow finance minister Jane Hume.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
“It will be very clear in advance of the next election the way we want to go about opening up a new energy source for Australia, that will deliver emissions-free energy and lower energy prices by increasing the mix of types of energy over the long term,” Hume said this morning.
In the short and medium term Australia needed to transition through gas, but she lashed the government’s plans because it had “torn their cabinet apart”.
Hume said the future gas strategy announced last week didn’t show any financial support, but hoped it would be included in the budget tomorrow night.
It didn’t need to be subsidies for the industry, but could include fast-tracking of approvals in places like the Beetaloo, Scarborough or the Bass Strait, she said.
The MP was also quizzed on when the Australian public could expect to hear about their nuclear policy, and this is what she said:
“We will announce our policy on energy, and we will on tax as we will on other issues prior to the next election. We won’t be driven by the government’s agenda.”
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