‘Surely there's a lesson’: Australia backs India's nuclear boom while rejecting its own

The Australian Environment Editor Graham Lloyd argues the government is supporting India's massive nuclear expansion while refusing to embrace the technology at home. “Unfortunately, Australia still seems to be stuck on this ideological loop on the issue of nuclear energy,” Mr Lloyd told Sky News host Jaimee Rogers. “If you look at the substance of the India deal, it really grows out of an agreement that was negotiated and signed by Tony Abbott ten years ago … we’re really backing their energy system with nuclear. “They have plans to increase their nuclear energy over the next 20 years to the equivalent of one third of Australia’s total energy consumption in electricity. “Surely there’s a lesson there for Australia.”