The Coalition's nuclear energy plan takes a sharp turn away from a cheaper, cleaner future | Simon Holmes à Court

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : In 2009, in what was perhaps the last act of bipartisanship on domestic energy, parliament agreed to massively increase the target to 20% renewables by 2020.
55% : " Contrary to Coalition belief, I am not a large investor in renewable energy (nor am I a billionaire).
49% : In 1997, just before he banned nuclear, Howard took us down a different path - he announced the mandatory renewable energy target, a plan to add a tiny slice of renewable energy to our sliver of hydroelectricity.

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