Peter Dutton reveals seven sites for proposed nuclear power plants
ABCIn short: The Coalition has unveiled seven sites in five states where it proposes to build nuclear power plants if it is elected. The seven sites are: Tarong in Queensland, north-west of Brisbane Callide in Queensland, west of Gladstone Liddell in NSW, in the Hunter Valley Mount Piper in NSW, near Lithgow Port Augusta in SA Loy Yang in Victoria, in the Latrobe Valley Muja in WA, near Collie Five of the seven are in Coalition seats: Muja in Rick Wilson's seat of O'Connor, Loy Yang in Darren Chester's seat of Gippsland, Port Augusta in Rowan Ramsey's seat of Grey, Callide in Colin Boyce's seat of Flynn and Tarong in Nationals leader David Littleproud's seat of Maranoa. This morning, Treasurer Jim Chalmers told The Australian's energy conference the Coalition's nuclear plan is "the dumbest policy ever put forward by a major party" and sought to contrast the Coalition's plan, likely to require significant public funding, with Labor's plan to encourage private investment in renewables and gas. Finally, there is also the question of whether today's nuclear announcement would amount to enough power to replace exiting coal, given the Coalition has framed this as an alternative to renewables projects.
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