IT is hard to know what it will take for Peter Dutton to get the message on nuclear power. It seems that not only has he not consulted with residents living near the old Liddell coal-fired power station about building a nuclear power plant there, but its owner AGL has other plans wanting to transform the site into a "clean energy hub" ("AGL says no to nuclear power station at Liddell site", Newcastle Herald 16/3).
Mr Dutton is even resorting to undermining the CSIRO, saying its annual report for the energy market operator comparing the cost of different types of energy sources was "not a genuine piece of work." Perhaps this is because the report consistently shows nuclear power to be the most expensive, making the Coalition's nuclear policy unrealistic.
