Nuclear energy
Former right-wing senator, Sky News host may get cabinet role if LNP wins power, MP suggests
Although denied by leader David Crisafulli, speculation has been rife that former conservative senator Amanda Stoker could be parachuted into an LNP cabinet.
- by Matt Dennien
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Peter Dutton
Cash splash for nuclear towns under Coalition plan
Energy Minister Chris Bowen was invited to speak at a conference, but opposition spokesman Ted O’Brien claims he was blocked from speaking. Here is what he wanted to say.
- by Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
Coalition pledges to ditch nuclear sites if earthquake zones are declared unsafe
Following Friday’s Hunter Valley earthquake, Dutton’s energy spokesman, Ted O’Brien, says a Coalition government would review the sites if elected.
- by Mike Foley
The anti-wind farm groups pushing the nuclear option to rural Australia
Travelling roadshows of climate sceptics and nuclear enthusiasts are hitting regional towns nominated by Peter Dutton for nuclear. But are people listening?
- by Bianca Hall
Second earthquake leaves residents without power, water near site of proposed nuclear plant
Thousands of people have been left without power after a magnitude 4.5 quake shook the NSW Upper Hunter region on Saturday afternoon.
- by Ben Cubby, Jessica McSweeney and Michael Ruffles
Earthquake damages buildings near site of proposed nuclear plant
The “quite alarming” quake was felt from southern Sydney to Coffs Harbour on the Mid North Coast.
- by Ben Cubby and Jessica McSweeney
The ‘scared’ green activist who is now embracing a nuclear future
Long-time environmentalist Arnold Dix, who gained fame when he helped rescue 41 Indian workers trapped in a Himalayan tunnel, says the threat of climate change means rethinking everything.
- by Annika Smethurst
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Pollution
‘Deliberate secrecy’: Sydney radioactive site cleaned up after a century of delay
Residents recall idyllic childhoods, playing by the Parramatta River foreshore and working in vegetable gardens. What they didn’t know was the extent of radiation contamination that has only now been cleaned up.
- by Ben Cubby
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Olympics
Taxpayers will come dead last at the Brisbane Games
Australia may be sweeping up gold in Paris, but the realities of hosting the Olympic Games in 2032 are proving seriously dire.
- by Shane Wright
Top agency casts doubt on nuclear reactors flagged by Dutton
Australia’s academy of engineers says the cost and operational performance of small modular nuclear reactors are untested and unproven.
- by Bianca Hall
Can the Voices model help communities fight off nuclear reactors?
Coal communities across the country – facing the loss of industry, jobs and the social fabric that binds them together – are poised to transition from the coal that built their histories.
- by Bianca Hall and Mike Foley