This is what happens when an uncosted Coalition thought-bubble on nuclear power is presented as a concrete proposal | Temperature Check

Anyone reading the Australian's Newspoll survey might think there was an actual proposal in place to build small modular nuclear reactors around Australia - except there isn't

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What happens when an uncosted Coalition thought-bubble to deploy an unavailable nuclear power technology across the country's electricity grid is presented in an opinion poll as a concrete proposal?

You get a page one story in The Australian under the headline: Powerful majority supports nuclear option for energy security" backed with two pieces of commentary, an editorial and a narrative reliably echoed by Sky News Australia.

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