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Unsubstantiated claims of nuclear energy’s worth distracts from the urgency to act now on climate crisis

PM points to changes made following the initial consultation process.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has seized on modelling to attack the coalition's commitment to nuclear energy, saying it'd cost hundreds of billions of dollars.

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The figure adds fuel to the growing political dispute over the pace and form of Australia’s energy transition

The government says replacing Australia’s retiring fleet of coal-fired power stations with nuclear energy would cost some $387 billion.

Coalition wants nuclear power to play a role in the nation's energy transition.

Huge rises in charges on short-term accommodation such as Airbnb are on the cards in Queensland and Victoria, and No camp’s key spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says Indigenous peoples don’t need a treaty because there was no ‘declaration of war’, and anyway, white settlement was a good thing.

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