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The nation’s Opposition Leader is still keeping his cards close to his chest, when it comes to his grand plan for a nuclear powered country.
Speaking to media yesterday, Peter Dutton confirmed his commitment to a nuclear powered future, but refused to reveal any of the details about how it will work.
Dutton caused a stir earlier this year when he announced that under a government he leads, Australia’s future will be nuclear – offering up a one page document and a picture of a Halo (computer game) Map.
While he spent the entire 12 months proceeding that announcement attacking a voice aimed at giving Indigenous Australians some recognition because ‘there wasn’t enough detail’ – Dutton held firm on providing any detail on his Nuclear plan.
Now, with months under the bridge, many had expected the latest announcement to come with some specs on how exactly a nuclear powered energy grid would work – given every single expert across the board and political spectrum has said it’s a batshit crazy idea.
However, Dutton is yet to reveal the detail on how we’ll build these plants decades quicker than the rest of the world, at a way cheaper cost than the rest of the world, and which communities are keen for giant nuclear reactors on the edge of town.
Speaking to The Advocate this morning, the Opposition Leader is just leaning back into his Home Affairs days – when he gave out half a billion dollar contracts to little known companies without a tender process.
“Mate, no one asked questions about Paladin and that turned out fine,” explained Dutton, who hand-balled a juicy $523 million contract to that company to run the Manus Island Detention Centre.
“No tender, no experience in managing contracts like that, identified as ‘high risk’ by the home affairs department, and headquartered out of a shack on Kangaroo Island,” he laughed.
“I don’t think it works to get bogged down in the detail when you are spending tax-payer money.”
“Unless it’s on woke nonsense,” finished the man who revealed ‘money saving’ plans to sack the Indigenous Ambassador because it’s costing a few hundred grand a year.
More to come.
