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The Coalition keeps fission for nuclear, but no-one’s biting

If you like this article, share it with your friends. In the words of the late, great Dolly Parton: “Here you come again.” Just when it had begun to get itself together for the Victorian state election, the Coalition is back on its bullshit, using this week’s stoush over how AI data centres should be […]

By deepak · August 26, 2026 · 1 min read

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In the words of the late, great Dolly Parton: “Here you come again.”

Just when it had begun to get itself together for the Victorian state election, the Coalition is back on its bullshit, using this week’s stoush over how AI data centres should be powered to again push for nuclear, a Peter Dutton-led concept roundly rejected by voters at the 2025 election.

Queensland’s LNP Premier David Crisafulli is fighting federal plans to make large-scale data centre operators create and use renewables, calling instead for an “energy-agnostic” policy that would allow coal and gas as well.

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