It’s been a busy past week in the news with the remaining Bali Nine members returning home to Australia and the violence in Alice Springs hitting crisis levels again.

The Coalition also released it’s nuclear costings on Friday which was met with widespread criticism.

Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, “The government is so far behind in the rollout of their renewables, which is why we’re now starting to see an increasing prospect of blackouts and brownouts.”

‘And it’s why there’s been a threefold increase in the number of manufacturing businesses that have closed under the government’s watch over the last two years because companies just can’t operate in an environment where the power is turning on and off,” Dutton said.

“I think there’s a realisation now that some of the emotion around renewables has to be replaced with a reality.”

“Every credible competitor nation is either using nuclear already or has said that they will use it into the future because there’s no other option,” Dutton continued.

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