Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Australian Labor Party and Nuclear Power

Somewhat surprisingly a senior Union figure and former NSW Premier Bob Carr pushed the idea of an Australian Nuclear power industry at the Australian American Leadership Dialogue in Washington at the end of last week. Rudd told ABC radio that he remains opposed.

One big concern for Australia is finding the power to fuel their booming minerals industry if an ETS makes coal fired power stations uneconomic.

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