the Dud has had his say, and even derided the globally recognised CSIRO as "It's not relied on. It's not a genuine piece of work," Mr Dutton said on Friday, calling the research "discredited".
so last night the Chief Scientist Cathy Foley spoke out on Q&A.Australia's chief scientist has backed a renewables-led path to net zero emissions over the "expensive technology" of nuclear energy.
After the federal opposition puts nuclear-fired power generation back on the national agenda, Cathy Foley told Q+A that any assessment of energy sources should be guided by evidence.
"If you look at the reports that have been done, it's [nuclear power] an expensive technology and it's one where it would take some time to build up the capability to do that in Australia," Dr Foley said.
"As chief scientist, it's not for me to actually say what the government should do.
"What we should be doing is looking at the evidence and the information that is available and making sure that we make good decisions based on all the different things we have to take into account."
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so who has the greater credibility? Dutton as Leader of the Opposition? or the science community and the evidence?
