Peter Dutton reveals nuclear power plant locations under Coalition plan

Opposition leader Peter Dutton reveals the Coalition government’s nuclear plan.

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00:00No other country in the world can keep the lights on 24-7 with the renewables only policy.

00:06We need to make sure that hospitals can stay on 24-7.

00:10We need to make sure that cold rooms can stay on 24-7.

00:13We need to make sure that our economy can function 24-7 and we can only do that with

00:19a strong baseload power.

00:21And today we announced seven locations that we have looked at in great detail over a long

00:26period of time that can host new nuclear sites and that will be part of an energy mix

00:35obviously with renewables and significant amounts of gas into the system, particularly

00:39in the interim period.

00:41It will mean that on those end-of-life coal-fired power station sites we can utilise the existing

00:48distribution network.

00:49This is a really important point.

00:51Labor has promised 28,000 kilometres of new poles and wires.

00:56There's no transparency about where that will go and we've been very clear about the

01:00fact that we don't believe in that model.

01:03We want to utilise the existing assets that we've got and the poles and wires that are

01:09used at the moment on the coal-fired power station sites can be utilised to distribute

01:16the energy generated from the latest generation nuclear reactants.

01:21We have the ability to do that in a way that renewables can't.

01:25I want to make sure that the Australian public understands today that we have a vision for

01:31our country to deliver cleaner electricity, cheaper electricity and consistent electricity.

01:38A vision for manufacturing in this country that will underpin it with the fundamentals

01:42of 24-7 power that means Australian taxpayers don't need to keep subsidising it to keep

01:47it going but we're addressing the fundamentals to give certainty to those manufacturers right

01:52across the country.

01:53It's about a vision for regional Australia, one that isn't covered in solar panels and

01:59wind turbines and transmission lines.

02:01It's one that gives them hope that they can continue to give you the food security you

02:05enjoy every day and continue to try and keep your food prices down.

02:10It's a vision for the men and women who are in our coal-fired power stations across our

02:15country in the La Trobe, in Collie, in Port Augusta, in the Hunter, in Lithgow, in Kallide,

02:24in Biloela and in Taronga, Maya and Electric.

02:27This is a vision and a belief in them that their part in our Australian economy and what

02:32they have made for us, that they're still part of that.

02:36This is a vision for them to know that under a coalition government we're going to change

02:41not only the culture of this country but we're going to leave a legacy to this country.

02:45This is a vision for the men and women who are in our coal-fired power stations across

02:47our country in the La Trobe, in Collie, in Port Augusta, in Lithgow, in Biloela, in Taronga,

02:49in Biloela, in Taronga, in Kallida, in Biloela, in Taronga, in Biloela, in Taronga, in Taronga,

02:51in Taronga, in Taronga, in Taronga, in Taronga.