Achieving net zero with renewables or nuclear means rebuilding the hollowed-out public service after decades of cuts
- Written by: John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
Steve Tritton/ShutterstockOpposition Leader Peter Dutton’s plan to build seven nuclear power plants in Australia has attracted plenty of critical attention. But there’s a striking feature which has received relatively little discussion or criticism: the nuclear plants would be publicly owned and operated, similar to the National...