Christmas break
Please note my Electorate Office will be closed between 20 December and 3 January 2025. We will re-open at 9am on Monday 6 January 2025. If you have an emergency, please contact the relevant service…
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Labor’s Scaremongering Jeopardises Nuclear Medicine and Cancer Patients
MEDIA RELEASE 19 December 2024 Labor's Scaremongering Jeopardises Nuclear Medicine and Cancer Patients In a new level of desperation, the Labor Party has posted a video on social media making the astonishing and dangerous claim…
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A CHEAPER, CLEANER, AND MORE CONSISTENT ENERGY PLAN FOR AUSTRALIA
The Coalition’s energy plan will save Australians up to $263 billion compared to Labor’s renewables-only approach – a 44 per cent saving for taxpayers and businesses. Read more HERE
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Volunteer Grants – EOI’s now OPEN
The 2024-25 Volunteer Grants are now open and I invite all eligible community groups in Fairfax to apply. Volunteer Grants aim to support the efforts of Australia’s volunteers and to increase participation in volunteering. …
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COALITION PUTS COMMUNITY FIRST IN PORT STEPHENS
Today we announce that a Dutton Coalition Government will rescind the Port Stephens Offshore Wind Zone – a decision that puts the local community first. Read Media Release HERE
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Your Say: Cost of Living Survey
Earlier this year I conducted a survey of Fairfax residents on the pressures of the cost of living. Thank you to the over 350 people who took the time to let me know how they…
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COP29 – new agreement to speed up advanced nuclear technologies
Labor are an international embarrassment when it comes to nuclear energy - refusing to sign a COP 29 agreement with the Canada, France, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of South Africa, China, Euratom…
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BOMBSHELL REPORT – THE REAL COST OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
The Albanese Labor Government are hiding the real cost of a renewables-only grid with an independent report from Frontier Economics confirming costs are five times higher than Labor's claims. Listen below. https://youtu.be/9MFqnBtTLSU
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Did the Albanese Govt just demote Australia’s status in an international energy forum?!
There was some encouraging news last night coming out of COP29. I'm not sure if everybody read the media release from the UK government, but it talks about a new deal being signed to speed…
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MEDIA RELEASE: NUCLEAR ENERGY IS AUSTRALIA’S NEXT JOBS OPPORTUNITY
Regional Queenslanders in Biloela are open to nuclear energy and the jobs it offers, but they want an end to the political scaremongeringagainst the technology so they can hear the facts. This was the message…
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The Importance of energy
Ted O'Brien Shadow Minister For Climate Change And Energy speaks with Jeremy Jones on ABC Capricornia. Locals in Biloela and surrounds have helped power Australian homes and businesses at the Callide power station for decades…
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4RO Radio Interview; Respecting local communities
4RO Radio Interview TRANSCRIPT I'm certainly not going to walk away from this. It's too important and the local community needs to be respected. And ironically, where we've got a government saying we don't want nuclear, but we're going to buy some nuclear subs. Yeah. That's right. We've got we've already got a nuclear reactor in Sydney, which does wonderful work saving lives with, medical isotopes And yeah, we're going to have, um, you know, nuclear propelled submarines. Um, we'll be managing the waste from those, um, those submarines. but for some reason, the Albanese government isn't prepared to even consider nuclear reactors to create electricity. It's extraordinary. There you have it. Ted O'Brien, the shadow minister for climate change and Energy. https://youtu.be/u-oRd4Ar1d0
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What is the true cost of Labor’s energy plan?
Today I again asked the Albanese Labor government when they will reveal the total system cost of their energy plan. https://youtu.be/QywaK6o1oDM
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Cost of Living and Housing Crisis on the Sunshine Coast
Labor's failed economic policies impact us all, with Sunshine Coast residents paying more for housing, food, fuel and energy. https://youtu.be/KcXVtR-EmnM
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Contribute to my Christmas appeal and help IFYS
IFYS need our help to support young people and families through the festive season. IFYS grew from a four bed emergency shelter providing support to homeless, young people in 1980 to delivering a wide range…
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Ted O’Brien announces Energy Efficiency grant recipients
A small innovative switch is all it took for a Buderim baker to make sure his bread rises and not his power bills. Baker’s Delight Buderim proprietor Mr Damien Pauling, installed a G-Switch to monitor…
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Ted O’Brien backs community incentives for nuclear power plants
Opposition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien says business leader Ryan Stokes is rightin suggesting communities earmarked to host nuclear power plants must be offeredlucrative incentives. Read more HERE
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Speech at Australian Financial Review Energy & Climate Summit
Ted O'Brien MP Shadow Minister for Climate Change And Energy speaks at the AFR Energy and Climate Summit Photo Credit - Flavio Brancaleone Full Transcript HERE https://youtu.be/oRyQDMFboBc
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Australia’s energy debate
Ted O'Brien talks to Ross Greenwood on tech companies going Nuclear to power AI https://youtu.be/gvHZFD4po_k
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Coalition demands face to face hearings in communities
Coalition calls for local communities to have their say on nuclear energy. The Coalition is demanding face to face hearings in communities earmarked to host zero-emissions nuclear power plants as part of the newly established…
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COALITION CALLS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON NUCLEAR ENERGY
Ted O'Brien Shadow Minister For Climate Change And Energy speaks with Richard King, 2HD Newcastle. https://youtu.be/zXCfqfkvd2g?si=EiryK95lqjr-_-U_ TED O’BRIEN - SHADOW MINISTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY FEDERAL MEMBER FOR FAIRFAX TRANSCRIPT INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD KING,…
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Nuclear debate should be held in communities, Coalition says, amid political hit job claims
The Coalition fears Labor – who it has accused of stacking the committee with Labor MPs – will use a new committee to ramp up fears against nuclear energy leading up to the election. The…
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Energy bill fears grow as transmission costs blow out
Billions of dollars of cost blowouts in transmission announced so far this year have fuelled worries aboutrising electricity bills for households and business. The cost of building the three largest electricity transmission lines vital to…
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THE COALITION TO INCLUDE GAS IN CAPACITY INVESTMENT SCHEME
The Coalition has today declared that gas is here to stay, as we announced our policy to include gas in the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS). As part of our ongoing commitment to reliable and affordable…
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Fairfax Senior Forum – Marcoola
Please join me at the second Fairfax Seniors Forums for 2024, jointly hosted with Blackall RangeCare Group, on Wednesday 30 October at Surfair Beach Hotel, Marcoola. We will again be joined by experts from the…
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Renewables upgraded, premiers reject Dutton’s nuclear deal
Australia could add more than 7GW of new renewable energy capacity this year –enough to power 3.5 million households – as Labor premiers rejected Peter Dutton’sassertion he’ll be able to make “very quick” deals to…
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