‘Should Have Had It 25 Years Ago’: Gladstone Residents Back Nuclear to Cut Power Bills, Save Animals

Local people and politicians from the towns where nuclear plants have been proposed have explained their cases for and against the planned move.

Aerial view of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant which sits on the edge of the Pacific Ocean at Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., on March 17, 2011. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images

Communities have responded to the federal opposition’s plan to build seven nuclear plants at coal power stations across the nation.

The plan will kick off if Peter Dutton is elected prime minister, and includes nuclear plants in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Callide and Tarong in Queensland, Port Augusta in South Australia, Collie in Western Australia, and Mount Piper and Liddell in New South Wales.