'Beautiful one day. Nuclear the next?' Labor can't wait for a fight on Dutton's energy plan

Kevin Rudd ran a successful scare ad against John Howard in 2007. While costs and attitudes have changed a little since then, some messages still resonateGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastDuring the 2007 federal election campaign, Labor ran a TV scare ad in Queensland about the then prime minister's plan to introduce nuclear power."John Howard says a nuclear industry is a solution to climate change but he won't say where the reactors should go," the voiceover says, to golden waterfront scenes and a lazily twanging guitar. "He refuses to talk about a list of possible sites for reactors that includes Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Mackay, Townsville, the Sunshine Coast - even Bribie Island."Sign up for Guardian Australia's free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...