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| Nationals call for more coal-fired power plants at party meeting | Nationals call for more coal-fired power plants at party meeting |
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| The Nationals have urged the federal government to support new coal-fired power plants and lift the ban on nuclear energy. | The Nationals have urged the federal government to support new coal-fired power plants and lift the ban on nuclear energy. |
| The party’s federal council in Canberra on Saturday passed a motion calling on the government to back building high-energy, low-emissions power stations to provide reliable and affordable power. | The party’s federal council in Canberra on Saturday passed a motion calling on the government to back building high-energy, low-emissions power stations to provide reliable and affordable power. |
| A separate proposal from the Young Nationals urging federal and state governments to abolish rules stopping nuclear power plants being built and uranium mining also succeeded. | A separate proposal from the Young Nationals urging federal and state governments to abolish rules stopping nuclear power plants being built and uranium mining also succeeded. |
| 'PM has my support': Dutton backs Turnbull as Abbott renews Neg attack | 'PM has my support': Dutton backs Turnbull as Abbott renews Neg attack |
| The call for new coal-fired power station comes as the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, fought internal divisions over energy policy. | The call for new coal-fired power station comes as the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, fought internal divisions over energy policy. |
| The resources minister, Matt Canavan, reinforced the case for coal, as conservative backbenchers agitated for its use to drive down power bills. | The resources minister, Matt Canavan, reinforced the case for coal, as conservative backbenchers agitated for its use to drive down power bills. |
| “I don’t want to live in a nation where we just export our energy to the rest of the world to help their development, jobs and pensioners,” he told the Nationals council. | “I don’t want to live in a nation where we just export our energy to the rest of the world to help their development, jobs and pensioners,” he told the Nationals council. |
| “We need to use some of that here and we don’t think it’s a sin to do so.” | “We need to use some of that here and we don’t think it’s a sin to do so.” |
| Party delegates also resolved to push the parliamentary Nationals to give urgent money to drought-stricken farmers to maintain breeding stock and help grain growers sow crops. | Party delegates also resolved to push the parliamentary Nationals to give urgent money to drought-stricken farmers to maintain breeding stock and help grain growers sow crops. |
| The council also requested South African and Zimbabwean farmers whose land has been “expropriated without compensation” are given humanitarian visas. | The council also requested South African and Zimbabwean farmers whose land has been “expropriated without compensation” are given humanitarian visas. |
| But Victorian MP Damian Drum warned against white Africans being given special treatment. | But Victorian MP Damian Drum warned against white Africans being given special treatment. |
| “When we pick a specific group like this and say we want to give them special recognition then we tread on a very dangerous path,” he said. | “When we pick a specific group like this and say we want to give them special recognition then we tread on a very dangerous path,” he said. |
| But Canavan said he believed because they were white, African farmers were being treated differently to Syrian or former Yugoslavian refugees. | But Canavan said he believed because they were white, African farmers were being treated differently to Syrian or former Yugoslavian refugees. |
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