The Coalition's likely embrace of nuclear energy is high-risk politics

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Crazy brave, or just crazy? If, as seems likely, the opposition embraces nuclear power in its 2025 election policy, it will be taking a huge political gamble.

The Coalition might argue this would be the best (or only) way to ensure we achieve net zero by 2050. But “nuclear” is a trigger word in the political debate, and the reactions...

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