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Dutton defended Frontier Economics’ model showing Labor’s 100 percent renewables policy would cost five times the prime minister’s claim.
Latrobe City Council Mayor Dale Harriman says the local population has also shrunk.
Typical Australian households could see electricity bills increase by $665 per year on average with nuclear power, IEEFA said.
Nuclear power was banned in Italy after 1987 and 2011 referendums.
Energy Minister Chris Bowen says it’s the speed and effectiveness of renewables that has prompted the Coalition to put forth an alternative.
The reactors are likely to be sited on disused coal stations, to take advantage of existing transmission infrastructure, but many have spoken against the move.
