Coalition’s nuclear plan is ‘today’s version of a lump of coal in parliament’, inquiry told

Renewables advocate tells parliamentary hearing that opposition's nuclear proposal is a smokescreen' for burning coal and gas

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The Coalition did not approach Geoscience Australia to ask about the suitability of any of the seven sites where it wants to put nuclear reactors, including asking about risks from earthquakes, a parliamentary hearing was told.

The government called the parliamentary inquiry to scrutinise the Coalition's proposals to lift the country's ban on nuclear energy and build taxpayer-funded reactors at seven sites.

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