Tuesday, 18 June 2024

Constituency questions

Eastern Victoria Region

Tom McINTOSH (Eastern Victoria) (14:03): (915) My question is to the Minister for Energy and Resources in the other place. Minister, how is the Allan Labor government supporting Eastern Victorians who reject the Liberals’ secret, expensive nuclear energy plan? Hundreds across Eastern Victoria have signed my petition calling for no nuclear reactors in our communities. Just to name a few, this includes Neil in Foster, Antony in Yarram, Chris in Loch Sport, Angela in Paynesville, Shayne in Stratford, Helen in Sale, Robert in Poowong, David in Orbost, Charles in Leongatha and Colin in Morwell. They are rightly confused as they see the Liberals and the Nationals saying completely different things about how they would power Victoria. John Pesutto is at odds with his energy spokesperson David Davis. Both are at odds with the federal Liberals and Dutton. It is not clear what the Victorian Nationals support, but it is clear they are not behind their Liberal leader, whilst the federal Nationals are all over the place, with some trashing offshore wind and the tens of billions of dollars of investment and the generations of jobs it would bring. It is no wonder people are confused by the Liberals and Nationals, but it is clear that locals reject nuclear.