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Australia politics live: Chris Bowen calls Dutton’s nuclear policy ‘a scam’; Rod Sims says nuclear would add $200 to power bills

Australia politics live: Chris Bowen calls Dutton’s nuclear policy ‘a scam’; Rod Sims says nuclear would add $200 to power bills



Bowen made the comments after Albanese announced Matt Kean as the new chair of the Climate Change Authority. Follow today’s news headlines liveDavid Pocock also spoke to the ABC about his private member’s bill that would see housing treated as a human right. He said it was needed because:There’s no overarching national plan and this would legislate that these are the objectives, we want to see housing affordable, we want to reduce homelessness and then it would be up to the government to actually work out – how are we going to do that?What are the policies that we think will address this?One of my heroes Desmond Tutu used to say ‘don’t raise your voice, improve your argument’.It’s pretty tragic the major parties tear the opposition down rather than improving their argument and making their plans stand on their own two feet. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/jun/24/australia-politics-live-parliaments-winter-session-to-be-ground-zero-for-nuclear-debate

Author : Amy Remeikis

Publish date : 2024-06-24 01:26:29

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