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List of media issues analyses published post-September 2025
Victorian Certificate of Education Year 12 English students should look for the specially-marked outlines below, as these are suitable for 2024-2025 VCE date-specific tasks.
Should Australia use nuclear power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
On September 23, 2024, the leader of the federal Opposition, Peter Dutton, gave a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia. He reiterated the Coalition's position that, as it moves away from coal and gas, Australia needs to include nuclear power to 'firm up' renewables in its energy mix.
The Coalition is planning to build seven nuclear reactors on the sites of current or former coal-fired power stations.
The Coalition's proposal has been condemned by the government, many climate scientists, and others as prohibitively expensive, unachievable within the necessary timeframe and a destructive diversion from renewables.
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