Q: Anthony Albanese asked you a question around whether you’d be comfortable to have a nuclear energy site in your own backyard. You said yes. He’s had every opportunity to repeatedly say that. Can you clarify if you would have a nuclear energy site in your seat. And can I get your response to protesters crashing the press conference that was going to be at a junior sporting club today?

Dutton:

In relation to the kids who I think were disappointed to have their event disrupts, it would have been nice to spend more time with them but there were Greens and teal supporters dressed up and it was a stunt. Unfortunately, the football coaches that we spoke to were really annoyed, actually, and upset at the protests.

It made no difference to me in terms of protest activity, but it disrupted an event where we wanted to talk about helping kids play junior rugby. We wanted to talk about an upgrade in the change room facilities so young girls didn’t have to go into the canteen to get changed into their footy gear. And the teals and Greens always pull all sorts of stunts. We’ve been upfront in relation to the seven sites that we’ve identified for the end-of-use coal-fired power stations where there’s already polls and wires going out so you save 28,000 new kilometres of poles and wires that Labor has to build and those seven sites were identified around the country.

There’s not one in my electorate. So the Prime Minister can play all sorts of games. I mean we’ve been up to have a look and speak to the fishermen and fishing industry and tourism industry in the Hunter.

Has the Prime Minister been out there talking to those communities about offshore wind? No, he hasn’t. As Australians get closer to Election Day, they realise that there’s a choice to be made. On the one hand, we’ve got three more years of cost of everything going up. On the other hand we’ve got a positive plan to make sure we get our country back on track and if you support your Liberal or National candidate, that’s how we can do that.