Nationals MP Keith Pitt has taken aim at Chris Bowen over Labor’s continued rejection of nuclear energy, with him inferring Australians shouldn’t trust a man dubbed “Blackout Bowen”.

Nuclear energy has been a controversial subject in Australia for several decades, with waves of anti-nuclear campaigns since the 1970s. With the need to transition from coal to renewables, Pitt doesn’t understand why Labor refuses to give nuclear a fair go over hydrogen.

“It is the biggest Hail Mary you’ve ever seen with taxpayer dollars”, Pitt said of Labor’s preference for hydrogen over any potential nuclear move.

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