Dutton positions himself as a leader who can provide ‘cheaper energy’

Hawker Britton co-founder Bruce Hawker believes Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is positioning himself as a leader who can provide “cheaper energy”. Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has criticised the Coalition’s nuclear costings as a national embarrassment. Mr Bowen says Mr Dutton is reckless and risky for assuming Australia will use less energy by 2050. “This is definitely a part of the campaign,” Mr Hawker told Sky News Australia. “He’s positioning himself not really around nuclear energy, in my view, so much as around trying to say that he can provide cheaper energy and, so, therefore, household budgets are going to be better off if we keep the coal-fired reactors going for a bit longer.”