“When the prime minister stops running scared, he’ll hold an election, and I intend to be prime minister after the next election and we can have that conversation [about nuclear power].”
At the time, Crisafulli said “friends can have differences of opinion, that’s healthy”.
Premier Steven Miles has worked to drive a wedge into the LNP on the issue, promising a “tooth and nail” High Court fight against any Commonwealth bid to impose nuclear power on Queensland.
On Wednesday, Crisafulli said his focus was on providing cheap and reliable power to the state.
“If the premier wants to go to an election talking about a future election and multiple houses of parliament, with our major power generator offline and Queensland’s power bills increasing by three times the national average … it’s another cross beside his name – and they’re mounting up,” he said.
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Miles told reporters Crisafulli had given “precisely the same answer” on nuclear power as he had on other policy issues that had dominated the campaign, including abortion laws.
“He doesn’t say if he supports it or [if he] opposes it, he just says it is not part of his plan,” Miles said.
“Of course, they’re weasel words. They don’t mean anything to Queenslanders opposed to nuclear energy because we know it is the most expensive option.”
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