The Voice is all that Albanese is interested in. The rest of his gang aren't interested in anything; they just follow the dictator. And, Albanese's energy policy has already had a huge impact on productivity - killed it.

I get the nuclear argument now that coal and gas have been trashed. But we wouldn't need to be arguing about it if we had stuck with coal and gas. With human-generated carbon dioxide merely 3% of the total, and Australia's contribution to that amount infinitesimal, we have idiotically, right royally, rooted Australia and enabled the big emitters to take over our industries.

If we ever do go nuclear, it will be too late to repair the damage that our political class has done. It is too late now.

What we needed, when all this climate-carbon dioxide bullsh.t started, was not a new source of energy, but a new political class. That we didn't get it is the fault of 17 million voters.

Michaelia Cash, who should be training Peter Dutton on how to speak up, has pointed out that the closest members of the Labor party have come to business is to close it down.

In all of its manipulations of, and interference with industrial relations, the government has not once mentioned 'productivity'.

After Trudeau Canada, Albanese Australia is the second most woke country in the OECD. And their United Nations Net Zero is a demanding mistress at the best of times. One thing that really unsheathes her claws is the mere mention of the n-word. No, not that one, the other one.

The green tinged and ideologically committed seem to have a flexible attitude to the truth. We can't unsee the 60% approval rating for nuclear up there on the telly. The generation cost study by CSIRO and AEMO a few years back had small nuclear costing $A340 per MWh while General Electric was saying $US60. Better not fly in GE powered planes.

Just now Nemwatch shows about 20 GW out of 30 GW demand being generated by coal and gas. Somehow by 2030 that fraction will have dwindled away then again they said power prices would drop. Perhaps they forgot to mention gas backup, frequency correction, hopefully nonflammable big batteries, new powerlines and subsidies. I predict some heavy industries will have to pack up when power is unreliable and expensive.

Agree, Graham. And the only game in town that addresses economic growth, climate change, energy reliability and affordability, plus inflation in one foul swoop!

However, SMRs are not the best solution but MSR thorium would be. And the latter can use nuclear waste as fuel, where it is, mostly unspent fuel. fuel the world will pay us annual millions to take from them!
Alan B.

Sorry..you miss the point with your pro nuclear argument.

Never under any circumstances should nuclear power generation be implemented.

The whole of the creepy Democracy thing needs to be run off the cliff for a new start.
Saving the bacon of those responsible for the ever growing catastrophe it is to too many, is an undeserving lifeline.