I am sure he has been challenged on those quotes, but it is a very good question. What happened post March 2023 to make him change his mind? #Auspol - ThreadSky

peterfitz1.bsky.social • 194 days ago

I am sure he has been challenged on those quotes, but it is a very good question.
What happened post March 2023 to make him change his mind?
#Auspol

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And yet NOT ONE journalist in this country points out to Dutton his past comments.....WHY?

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lonelyspoon.bsky.social•194 days ago

He got invited to a birthday party....

ozgeo.bsky.social•194 days ago

#duttobmemberforrinehart and simply been given new orders...
He is incapable of self directed action...

whitefangdragon.bsky.social•194 days ago

IMHO he simply found a way (probably suggested to him by the fossil fuel giants) to undermine #albanese by adding confusion to the energy mix. Remember that, with the media's help, he has a proven record of successfully causing division.

stevenhall67.bsky.social•194 days ago

Gina got in his ear.

jdmartin.bsky.social•194 days ago

Gina showed him his future
#auspol

neilatw.bsky.social•193 days ago

Ah, for the days when Leigh Sales would fix pollies with her steely gaze and work hard to extract answers to awkward questions...

ericarfabee.bsky.social•194 days ago

Stuffed brown paper bags from a mining billionaire-ess can change a man’s mind pretty quickly in the #lnpCorruptionParty

otto73.bsky.social•194 days ago

He spoke to Gina. Obviously.

barwil1.bsky.social•194 days ago

Gina?

odinstoenail.bsky.social•194 days ago

Updated instructions from his sponsors.

bp740.bsky.social•194 days ago

Trumpism

minnie-bannister.bsky.social•194 days ago

As Midnight Oil said "short memories".

jan55.bsky.social•194 days ago

Gina has been too busy with Trump to give instructions

biged71.bsky.social•194 days ago

simple answer
gina told him to,she owns uranium and wants dutton to build power plants so he can sell them to her for a dollar

wrvonsturler.bsky.social•194 days ago

Isn't there a video from the past of Dutton saying nuclear energy was not viable?

ggeoffwitha.bsky.social•194 days ago

Gena.

ggeoffwitha.bsky.social•194 days ago

Yes, I know how to spell.

2pensi.bsky.social•194 days ago

...most born after that date...?

skwisgaar.bsky.social•194 days ago

Can we stop pretending he's honest?

annradar.bsky.social•194 days ago

Murdoch Gina etc

goldentask.bsky.social•193 days ago

Check what company he’s been keeping. No pun intended with “company”.

john-in-geraldton.bsky.social•194 days ago

#NoNuclear

billhicks78.bsky.social•194 days ago

Lotsa money in established fossil fuel companies…

tomredmemes.bsky.social•194 days ago

bple.bsky.social•192 days ago

They don't want to embarass Gina

bple.bsky.social•194 days ago

Gina

kimwhit3.bsky.social•194 days ago

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ladystardust64.bsky.social•194 days ago

No. Dutton doesn’t get challenged by journalists and that’s our major problem.

norellefeehan.bsky.social•194 days ago

I bet a hundred bucks he hasn't been challenged ... most journos 1. came down in the last shower ... or 2. are young and have no history in their political scope

con-v78.bsky.social•194 days ago

Sort of 'slipped his mind'.....a little bit 🤔

glenntheplummer.bsky.social•194 days ago

One key thing has happened, Small Modular Nuclear Reactors are not available. A year or so ago it appeared SMR’s were the new future for Nuclear but the commercial prototypes have failed and you cannot order one. So Dutton’s plan is now based on even less affordable traditional large reactors.

mudgee-adam.bsky.social•194 days ago

As well as cost, SMRs were also the "quick" option.

If they're off the table then Dutton is looking at new / serious upgrades to coal fired and gas fired generators until nuclear is available

olthwaiteeric.bsky.social•194 days ago

This is the correct answer

NuScale falling over just as they were spruiking 'modern' Nuclear.

#auspol #solarstopper #nuclearbrainfart

cadcow.bsky.social•194 days ago

He'd back a paraplegic hamster in an exercise wheel if it wasn't deemed renewable

Anything for the steal but renewables
#auspol

martinlr.bsky.social•194 days ago

Always seems to be the way here now, and even if they ask a question it’s fobbed off then not pursued I would definitely listen to an interview if the journalist asked then ended the conversation if they did not give an appropriate answer

ozwiltshire.bsky.social•194 days ago

Dutton sees nuclear power as a route to becoming Prime Minister. His nuclear rhetoric is aimed at millennials and Gen Z.

moshingchris.bsky.social•194 days ago

The Liberals need something big and shiny that is climate focused that is both sword and shield that

1) they can attack Labor with
2) is defensible against the Teals.

I think the latter point is more important to them than the former.

archedeyebrow.bsky.social•194 days ago

THIS happened post March 2023.
An Aussiegarch told Peter what she wanted.
#auspol #nuclear

olthwaiteeric.bsky.social•194 days ago

jeff4theclimate.bsky.social•194 days ago

Not only Dutton…

https://x.com/dazzaat/status/1867741118043238506?s=42

mryingyang.bsky.social•194 days ago

The Murdoch & most of the MSM are giving Dutton an armchair ride just like they did with Tony Abbott & Dutton is even more wrong than he was.
What’s Australia done to deserve the Media we’ve been saddled with?

cadcow.bsky.social•194 days ago

Hold the alternative leader of the country to account?

Wouldn't that be the political equivalent of a spoiler?

onearmbandito.bsky.social•194 days ago

Isn’t nuclear is just a furphy? A distraction to extend the life of fossil fuels.

Same old Liberal strategy we’ve seen before - a way to kick the can down the road?