Coalition MP Colin Boyce told climate science deniers blackouts a ‘big political opportunity’ | Australian election 2025

The coalition’s deputy, Colin Boyce, told a group of climate science deniers that the power outage was a “great political opportunity” and that he urged his colleagues to adopt “nothing strategic” that would allow power outages and build a clear policy.

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He said that the group of politicians similar to thinking who oppose the transition to renewable energy sources “grows.”

“Politically, how do you sell it? This is the problem,” Boyce told the meeting in December 2023.

“I have said this several times for colleagues, we are more likely to adopt a strategy” not doing anything “, it is clear that you will fight a good battle.

“Strategy” does not do anything “is a difficult love strategy where people will not understand what is happening until the lights come out.

“When the elevators in the building stop working and the supermarkets are empty because the refrigerators do not work, when all the sudden people begin to realize it.”

Later, Boyce was asked a question about the potential power outage, and he said: “It is a great political opportunity for this to happen.”

Boyce predicted that power outages will be “along similar lines” for electricity generation strikes in southeast Queensland for the year 1985 during the Joh Bjelke-Petersen government, which caused the power outage for four weeks.

“It is very frustrating and there are no simple repairs to any of these problems,” said Boyce.

“To convert the renewable energy ship around it, as it is currently the government’s change will be taken.”

The Citizen MP was Founding member “Saltbush Club”It was formed to enhance the denial of climate science, and it was signed The international statement claims “No climate emergency”.

Boyce was also a defender of the coalition plans to build nuclear power generation.

He told the group: “If I have my way, I will build coal -powered power plants, and complete stopping, this is what I will do,” he said to the group.

We have these enormous charcoal reserves and we should use them.

“We are clearly going to the future, we must explore nuclear technology.

“Meanwhile, we need to keep the traditional coal energy fleet.”

Guardian Australia called the coalition and Bueb to comment, but she did not receive a response before publishing.