Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest labels Coalition push for nuclear energy ‘bulldust’ and a ‘new lie’

Mining billionaire says cost of nuclear will be four to five times that of renewables and opposition's policy is an excuse for doing nothing'

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The mining billionaire Andrew Twiggy" Forrest has labelled the Coalition's push for nuclear energy bulldust" and a new lie" that would delay the clean energy transition and harm regional Australia.

The executive chair and founder of mining company Fortescue and the renewable energy investor Tattarang on Monday urged the opposition to stop advocating expensive and unfeasible alternatives to renewables.

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