Biloela residents in central Queensland react to Coalition’s nuclear plans

Yesterday, Mr. Dutton released the Liberal Party's plans to build a nuclear power plant here, just 10 minutes from a small regional town in central QLD, Bila Wheeler residents have mixed feelings about what that would mean. We heard from farmers who say it's a divisive issue in the community, including anti nuclear posts on a community notice board. It's a bit unknown. I don't really know much about nuclear and it sounds a bit scary, but maybe if they explained it better, more details for us, yeah, might think differently then. But producers are eager to learn more about what this could look like, while the Chamber of Commerce here is supportive of the idea and favours nuclear power over renewables. It's reaching for the future, it's reaching for the staff, so to speak. But we need to have a plan moving forward and we're our population's increasing ever more in Queensland. We're proud about that. We're proud about presenting an area that wants to accommodate this sort of infrastructure. It's one of two stations in Queensland set to become nuclear, which the state LNP leader David Crisafulli has not thrown his support behind. Callard Power Station itself has been subject to controversy over the past few years after an explosion in 2021 left thousands without power. Mr. Dutton says he wants to see two of the stations come online within the next decade.