Albanese government blasted over ‘off the rails’ nuclear scare campaign

Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham has blasted Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's response to the Coalition's nuclear policy.
The Albanese government and the Coalition have gone to war over nuclear power since Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced his policy and suggested it would be more affordable than Labor’s renewables plan.
"I do think that the Prime Minister's response to the Coalition's nuclear policy has been completely, completely, off the rails,” Mr Birmingham told Sky News Australia.
“Albanese, rather than slapping down Labor figures who have been putting out these memes of three-eyed fish and koalas, seems to think it's all just a joke.
"Well, it's not a joke. Australia relies on nuclear technologies.
“There's no place for this type of petty, pathetic scare campaign that Anthony Albanese is tolerating in the Labor Party.”

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  • @TheRoswellCode
    @TheRoswellCode4 күн бұрын

    Does Zero Emissions include banning the Smoking Ceremony?

  • @ralphmogridge8364

    @ralphmogridge8364

    4 күн бұрын

    Dunno but it should ban all the BS methane emissions coming out of the Coalition's and SkyNotNews talking heads mouths 😂😂😂

  • @lornatodd4750

    @lornatodd4750

    4 күн бұрын

    😅😅

  • @neilreid9192

    @neilreid9192

    2 күн бұрын

    Yes please.

  • @Psittacine-pp5yd
    @Psittacine-pp5yd4 күн бұрын

    Albanese couldn't be up front with anything he's too busy having a slinging match.!

  • @neilbeauchamp1924
    @neilbeauchamp19244 күн бұрын

    Labor always ignores facts and goes with ideology. Labor's ideology is not based on facts and science and that is why they are failing to provide consistent base load power. Renewables are a choice based on ideology, not science. Nuclear is the choice based on solid science and sound economics.

  • @turtle-frogs
    @turtle-frogs4 күн бұрын

    Kean is a sell out. Like most Greens.😂

  • @creditelectric

    @creditelectric

    4 күн бұрын

    Cry harder.

  • @turtle-frogs

    @turtle-frogs

    4 күн бұрын

    @creditelectric yes Steven cries harder.

  • @Diponty

    @Diponty

    4 күн бұрын

    ​@@creditelectric Exactly. I see people cry over 12 interest rate hikes with Labor at the helm. I just laugh at them. Oh our mortgage rates are too high, our grocery bills are too high, our electricity bill is too high, our fuel is too expensive. Give me a break. Cry harder! If you want to save the earth vote debt.

  • @paulw7404

    @paulw7404

    4 күн бұрын

    and the Teals

  • @connorduke4619

    @connorduke4619

    4 күн бұрын

    Only "most"?

  • @paulgraham5790
    @paulgraham57904 күн бұрын

    I look forward to a day when the government doesn’t carry on like children in the play ground calling names, teasing and telling lies.

  • @user-pn9lb8sr2p

    @user-pn9lb8sr2p

    4 күн бұрын

    Spot on,,, Albo was the one that stated he wanted to stop the name calling and personal attacks in the parliament when he became prime minister,,,he is one of the worst offenders,,,,

  • @jimhowlett5365

    @jimhowlett5365

    4 күн бұрын

    Children in the play ground have more decorum than this bunch of headless chooks

  • @patrickhill8639
    @patrickhill86394 күн бұрын

    Leave Albo to playing the man. He's going to be a one term PM.

  • @paulw7404
    @paulw74044 күн бұрын

    If you want irresponsible, on the fly "off the rails" Simpsons style policy fairy tales - Labor/Greens is the party for you.

  • @johnkauppi7078
    @johnkauppi70784 күн бұрын

    We achieving Net zero will have no impact on carbon dioxide levels. But we could ruin what little industry we have left. And what have Labour and the greens have against nuclear power anyway? It doesn't emit any emissions at all.

  • @_hold_the_line_

    @_hold_the_line_

    4 күн бұрын

    They're against it because it wasn't their idea. Oh and the Greens don't like it because it wasn't safe in the 1950s.

  • @knight2425
    @knight24254 күн бұрын

    Costings costings Labor wants costings but they haven’t released their full costings after they have been working on their policy for two years!

  • @cheesecracker1543
    @cheesecracker15434 күн бұрын

    Hilarious! Albo talking about three eyed fish with his forked tongue!

  • @beepboop205
    @beepboop2054 күн бұрын

    I like how Birmingham refused to pull a number out of the air and instead wanted all power generations on the table and not to conclude what is best but to have a transparent investigation and that determine what Australia can achieve without destroying ourselves. This was a mature conversation.

  • @spikeprotein5924
    @spikeprotein59244 күн бұрын

    Cognitive dissonance.

  • @awc900

    @awc900

    4 күн бұрын

    Aren't they Blackout Bowen's middle names?

  • @bettymarshall2702
    @bettymarshall27024 күн бұрын

    We are not interested in net zero rubbish. There is no problem with the climate. Lalalalala.

  • @graycoin7271
    @graycoin72714 күн бұрын

    Albo looks like he is still in opposition and not in government.

  • @Pamela-zu7hh
    @Pamela-zu7hh2 күн бұрын

    Labor has totally lost the plot he needs to stand down

  • @pieterwiffers3095
    @pieterwiffers30954 күн бұрын

    Sack albo now

  • @graememcdonald5121
    @graememcdonald51214 күн бұрын

    Why are we trying to meet emissions targets?

  • @rickman2267
    @rickman22674 күн бұрын

    We have so much gas , but alot goes overseas! Shameful

  • @stanyeaman4824
    @stanyeaman48244 күн бұрын

    Take a look at Macquarie Bank’s investment in UKoffshore wind. 2023-24 profits down 32%. Why? The North Sea wind didn’t blow last summer. It’s not cheap. Can be infinitely expensive when the wind doesn’t blow.

  • @kennethprocak5176
    @kennethprocak51764 күн бұрын

    What’s the Climate Change chairman qualification? Politician! Bullshit again!

  • @graemeschubert6162
    @graemeschubert61624 күн бұрын

    Must be hurting

  • @kennethprocak5176
    @kennethprocak51764 күн бұрын

    You can get realistic construction figures right now. UAE are over half way through the current construction of 4 X 1.4GW reactors $20 billion includes extensive training, Human Resources and education programs.

  • @alexandrugeorgescu6366
    @alexandrugeorgescu63664 күн бұрын

    at 0:26 ?what are you talking about? australians have been paying $275 less. Albo said so...:/

  • @Diponty

    @Diponty

    4 күн бұрын

    Albo meant there are less Australians 💀💀💀now paying more. 📈📈📈

  • @alexandrugeorgescu6366

    @alexandrugeorgescu6366

    4 күн бұрын

    @Diponty "Albo meant there are less Australians now paying more." Albo: not by the current waves of illegal voters...

  • @user-du8kd3sn8n
    @user-du8kd3sn8n4 күн бұрын

    Unfortunately whether this is justified or not, the right wing set the template on The Voice. So actions and / or words have consequences. Sorry.

  • @hadrian3487
    @hadrian34874 күн бұрын

    Kean’s appointment was planned months ago, with Duttons announcement last week has put him in a tight spot, with no room to move. In fact he is snookered, because net zero by 2050 is Dutton’s aim. If he argues against this then he is arguing against the renewable way as well.

  • @desking8065
    @desking80654 күн бұрын

    1 A What are the disadvantages of SMR reactors? However, they also take longer to build, have higher capital costs so are harder to finance, and are arguably becoming too complex. Different conditions at different nuclear sites also reduce the potential to replicate designs, which also adds costs.18 Oct 2021 What are the problems with SMRs? With a roll-out of SMRs, skills will be needed for factory work, on-site construction, and plant operation. Deploying SMRs without concurrent supply chain development could hinder deployment and increase costs What are the safety concerns of SMRs? SMRs feature smaller, less robust containment systems than current reactors. This can have negative safety consequences, including a greater probability of damage from hydrogen explosions.23 Sept 2013 Are there any operational SMRs? As of 2023, only China and Russia have successfully built operational SMRs. The US Department of Energy had estimated the first SMR in the United States would be completed by NuScale Power around 2030, but this deal has since fallen through after the customers backed out due to rising costs. Power plants based on SMRs may require less frequent refuelling, every 3 to 7 years, in comparison to between 1 and 2 years for conventional plants. Some SMRs are designed to operate for up to 30 years without refuelling.13 Sept 2023 What is the controversy with small modular reactors? Small modular reactors, long touted as the future of nuclear energy, will actually generate more radioactive waste than conventional nuclear power plants, according to research from Stanford and the University of British Columbia.31 May 2022 Are SMRs the future of nuclear energy? According to Csizmadia, compared to typical, larger reactors, SMRs are more economical and can be scaled to local needs. They also are less costly to build, take less time to complete, have fewer risks and provide more flexibility on siting, proponents say.26 Feb 2024 Do SMRs need water cooling? SMRs can vary in size from less than 10 megawatts electric (MWe) up to 300 MWe and can use a range of possible coolants including light water, liquid metal or molten salt, depending on the technology. What is the temperature of SMR reactor? Some SMRs are based on existing commercially deployed technologies, while others are based on advanced design concepts, offering a range of sizes - from 1 to 300 MWe - and a range of temperatures - from 285°C to more than 850°C. What are the arguments against small modular reactors? In addition to the waste and proliferation problems, small modular reactors will not be built and operating in time to be an effective climate solution. Canada's climate targets involve decreasing greenhouse gas emissions to 40 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and reaching net-zero by 2050.1 Apr 2024 Who is building SMRs? • NuScale is developing SMRs in the U.S. and overseas. • TerraPower was founded in 2008 by Bill Gates. • Westinghouse's eVinci micro reactor. • BWXT Technologies is a subsidiary of BWX Technologies and is based in Lynchburg, VA. • Kairos Power engineers work to develop molten salt reactors. 9 Jan 2023

  • @imeagleeye1
    @imeagleeye14 күн бұрын

    Spent nuclear fuel, occasionally called used nuclear fuel, is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant). It is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction in an ordinary thermal reactor and, depending on its point along the nuclear fuel cycle, it will have different isotopic constituents than when it started. Spent fuel pool at a nuclear power plant Nuclear fuel rods become progressively more radioactive (and less thermally useful) due to neutron activation as they are fissioned, or "burnt", in the reactor. A fresh rod of low enriched uranium pellets (which can be safely handled with gloved hands) will become a highly lethal gamma emitter after 1-2 years of core irradiation, unsafe to approach unless under many feet of water shielding. This makes their invariable accumulation and safe temporary storage in spent fuel pools a prime source of high level radioactive waste and a major ongoing issue for future permanent disposal. Spent nuclear fuel stays a radiation hazard for extended periods of time with half-lifes as high as 24,000 years. For example 10 years after removal from a reactor, the surface dose rate for a typical spent fuel assembly still exceeds 10,000 rem/hour-far greater than the fatal whole-body dose for humans of about 500 rem received all at once.

  • @thealmighty752
    @thealmighty7524 күн бұрын

    Can they like comprise between broadcast power with Tesla coils and the other parts of the load nuclear and pay a premium of like ¹⁷⁰ a month and get rid of power points

  • @Macca980
    @Macca9804 күн бұрын

    Net zero does that mean no more bush fires!! Labours pipe dreams

  • @connorduke4619
    @connorduke46194 күн бұрын

    Simon is still too LINO for me.

  • @robertcunningham35
    @robertcunningham352 күн бұрын

    if labor wants to use the Simpsons as a scare campaign may be liberals should use the Simpsons episode when the wind turbines stopped turning the power turns off

  • @timwilson4684
    @timwilson46844 күн бұрын

    Even a phonsey ponse like Birmingham can see the value in having nuclear energy.😅

  • @Dismas2503
    @Dismas25034 күн бұрын

    Can Senator Birmingham explain why his State of South Australia needs a nuclear power station given that SA will reach its 100% renewable energy target by 2027?

  • @binks7988

    @binks7988

    4 күн бұрын

    Ummmmm because they recently had blackouts because of intermittent power. Hahahaha pelican

  • @Diponty

    @Diponty

    4 күн бұрын

    Imagine the wildlife and environment destruction if that 100% renewable energy fable came to fruition.

  • @Psittacine-pp5yd

    @Psittacine-pp5yd

    4 күн бұрын

    Population growth and demand could be a possible reason? 🤔

  • @rogermckinnon5738

    @rogermckinnon5738

    4 күн бұрын

    As a South Australian, you can take your renewables and shove them. They've destroyed this state. We've gone from having the cheapest power in Australia to having the dearest. We've gone from exporting power to having to import it. We have rolling blackouts and brownouts. Screw your renewables

  • @creditelectric
    @creditelectric4 күн бұрын

    Both sides need to be put on notice but Sky will never do it, they pick the cowards way as always.

  • @Diponty

    @Diponty

    4 күн бұрын

    I think they are way centre left now ever since S&E kicked them of air for a week. Oh we promise to tow the line. The far left will still think we are far right.

  • @franktully3065

    @franktully3065

    4 күн бұрын

    Sounds like "your" ABC.

  • @trevorbyrne-pp6lc

    @trevorbyrne-pp6lc

    4 күн бұрын

    Crawl back under the rock you came from and take your meds

  • @clintclintonforshortbonser736
    @clintclintonforshortbonser7364 күн бұрын

    As Rowan Dean says: when simon Birmingham starts talking, cover your ears, say lalala and walk the other way.

  • @KenDyer-wl4lf
    @KenDyer-wl4lf4 күн бұрын

    If we debate nuclear fission energy, we’re falling into Peter Dutton’s trap. Nuclear fission energy is an expensive fantasy, easily dismissed.

  • @leonharrison800
    @leonharrison8004 күн бұрын

    Only Greens and Independents matter. What the LNP loops cannot understand!! 😂

  • @binks7988

    @binks7988

    4 күн бұрын

    The nazi party and the soviet teals

  • @kellyduncan4810

    @kellyduncan4810

    4 күн бұрын

    Oh look it the nut job dunny boy Labor bot. Or should I say Lucille

  • @paulchilds9137
    @paulchilds91374 күн бұрын

    Simon, you dont back nuclear, you have a b rain and are a decent man. What are you doing in the Liberals. Go with kean for the sake of the country and your self respect.

  • @chrisdagg5117
    @chrisdagg51174 күн бұрын

    Duhh joining the duhhhhhs

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