Lyne is an incredible place to live—and to visit. From its stunning coastal landscapes to its beautiful inland towns, our region is truly special. That’s why protecting our environment while creating opportunities for employment and appropriate development is so important to me.

This means securing funding for practical environmental projects, supporting sustainable industries, backing renewable energy initiatives, and ensuring our natural assets are properly managed and protected. This will be one of my key priorities in the years ahead.

At the same time, I want to be clear: I’ll be guided by the science. The decisions we make must be based on solid evidence and well-argued positions. Right now, with so many households under cost-of-living pressure, we need the most affordable, reliable, and clean energy we can get—and that’s renewables, not nuclear.

There are several key issues with nuclear energy:

• It’s not a short-term solution. Nuclear plants take decades to build. We can’t wait 20+ years while continuing to rely on coal and gas.
• It’s the most expensive form of electricity. Large-scale renewables like wind and solar are far cheaper to build and maintain.
• Modular nuclear reactors—often proposed as a “smaller” solution—still cost up to four times more than solar farms.
• It’s resource-intensive. Nuclear plants consume enormous amounts of water—roughly the same per second as four households use in a year. That’s a major concern in one of the driest continents on Earth.
• It’s high risk. The disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima are sobering reminders of what can go wrong.

Renewable energy is already proven, safe, fast to deploy, and getting cheaper by the year. Investing in clean, modern energy is better for the environment, better for the economy, and better for people’s power bills.