Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah

Senator HANSON-YOUNG: Of course, the CSIRO's GenCost report, out last week, showed that coal and gas with carbon capture and storage is more expensive than conventional nuclear power plants, which we know are ridiculously expensive and absurd. Why do we keep seeing government after government throwing public money behind CCS? Why? Mr Gaddes : Carbon capture and storage is broader than attaching a method of capturing CO2 from coal-fired power plants and gas-fired power plants? There are a range of different streams where you can capture CO2 that you would store offshore.