Peter Dutton will unveil politically risky costings for his nuclear power ambitions on Friday amid rumblings from within the Coalition that the high-cost plan will derail his political strategy of keeping pressure on Labor over cost-of-living and energy prices.
Senior Coalition sources expressed reservations about the much-anticipated nuclear modelling, noting it would not map out an energy future in which households would get any immediate or even long-term relief.
Internal debate over the nuclear modelling, and when Mr Dutton should release details, has been a source of tension within the Coalition for months.
“The fundamental problem is that whichever way you cost it, nuclear power is not hugely cheap,” said one Coalition member speaking on condition of anonymity.
“Nuclear will keep the lights on, but it’s hardly going to bring prices back down to where they were 10 years ago.
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