Sky News host Amanda Stoker says young people are offering policy solutions for Australia’s low emissions baseload energy stability.
“One example of this new generation is William Shackel, a Brisbane boy who runs a campaign called ‘Nuclear for Australia’,” Ms Stoker said.
“At just 17 years old … he is prepared to have a mature conversation about the potential of nuclear energy, as well as confronting and mitigating its risks. “It’s a significant contrast to Mr Albanese and Mr Bowen, who prefer the head-in-the-sand approach, even if that means billions of dollars tying Australians in 28,000km of transmission lines, like some kind of strange renewable spaghetti.”
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