LIVE All the Australian towns where Peter Dutton will install nuclear power plants - and they'll be up and running sooner than you think if he wins the election By Brittany Chain, Political Correspondent For Daily Mail Australia Published: 19:18 EDT, 18 June 2024 | Updated: 19:53 EDT, 18 June 2024 e-mail 6 View comments Advertisement Peter Dutton 's grand ambitions for Australia's nuclear future are set to be announced on Wednesday amid ongoing pressure for him to release more details. As Labor argues Mr Dutton's plan amounts to a 'stupendous act of economic self-sabotage', the Opposition Leader has steamed forward with the proposal and will make his pitch to the Australian public at 10am. Coalition MPs were briefed on the plan at 8.
30am and details have already started to trickle out - with seven sites across Queensland , NSW , Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia identified as potential targets. Mr Dutton hopes to have the first plant up and running by 2035 and the second just two years later. Follow Daily Mail Australia's live blog as Mr Dutton reveals new details about Australia's nuclear future - if he becomes Prime Minister at the next election.
23:40 Aussie towns which could go nuclear: New details of proposal begin to trickle out In spite of Mr Dutton's best efforts, reported details of his nuclear proposal are starting to trickle out. NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia are all earmarked for nuclear reactor sites if the Coaliti.
