Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

The Prime Minister is quite properly saying that it is ridiculous for this government not to contemplate the possibility of nuclear power as part of this country’s future energy production. Particularly if you accept that the emission of greenhouse gases is contributing to global warming—which seems to be the Labor Party’s position—how on earth can you simply discount entirely, forever and a day, the possibility that nuclear power may have some role in this country’s future?