Dutton's nuclear lies

The article in this week's "The Saturday Paper" by emeritus professor Ian Lowe is a must-read for every voter. A fact check of a media release sent out by Dutton, following his announcement that a future coalition government would introduce nuclear energy to Australia and his subsequent claims, reveal a whole series of factual errors, half- truths and barefaced lies.

It was the Howard government that legislated to prohibit nuclear power 25 years ago and three states, NSW, Victoria and Queensland have their own laws preventing the building of nuclear power stations. These matters would face significant challenges and at the least long delay.

The fact that he chose to ignore these issues is just the first in his litany of lies and deceit. The professor sums up his article and I quote "The whole proposal is really a smokescreen. It is designed to hide the reality that a coalition government would keep burning coal and gas for decades No part of it is real, plausible or sincere. As a proposal, it is probably the most dishonest ever put before the Australian electorate". Almost every time he opens his mouth in parliament, he is lying. That also applies to his cohort in parliament. With a parliament of independent members, both Senate and representatives, we would not have to put up with such dishonesty. Unfortunately, the current government is failing the nation with similar dishonesty.

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