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As Peter Dutton tried to persuade voters to get on board with his nuclear energy proposal, Crikey's reporters and columnists spent the week dissecting the flawed plan.

Elsewhere we spoke to the satirist legally pursued by Pauline Hanson who thinks the One Nation leader is being a little hypocritical, brought you another tasty story on Tourism Australia's internal turmoil, and took a look at Matt Kean's career as he bows out of NSW politics.

We hope you're having a splendid weekend and we'll be back in your inbox on Monday.
Gina Rushton Gina Rushton,
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There’s one real Coalition energy policy now: sabotaging renewables
BERNARD KEANE

Dutton's nuclear power plan is a massive distraction, designed to cover for the one solid Coalition energy policy that currently exists.

Peter Dutton and David Littleproud (Image: AAP/Lukas Coch)
 
As News Corp rails against social media, the Oz plays the Nazi card
JEFF SPARROW

Now, more than ever, we need real conversations about racism. But The Australian only cares about owning the libs.

(Image: Private Media/Zennie)
 
Labor’s ability to fight the climate wars next election has significantly weakened
ANJALI SHARMA

Australia's environmental laws are embarrassing us on the world stage — and are complicit in the destruction of our natural environment.

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas)
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Dutton’s nuclear thought bubble floats in a fantasy world of cheap infrastructure
BERNARD KEANE

What is the Coalition's track record when it comes to building big infrastructure projects? Truly shocking.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton (Image: AAP/Morgan Sette)
 
As McLachlan jumps to Tabcorp, sport’s gambling addiction grows stronger
STEPHEN MAYNE

Tabcorp's incoming CEO McLachlan apparently 'has a proven track record of delivering growth'. How much of that came from the toxic gambling industry?

Former AFL, now Tabcorp CEO Gillon McLachlan (Image: AAP/Joel Carrett)
 
Farage-led Reform UK party launches a contract, with immigration lifted straight from us
GUY RUNDLE

Reform UK is polling equal to the Tories, and calling itself the real opposition. Could Nigel Farage charge through the 2024 chaos to truly replace the Conservatives?

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (Image: EPA/Neil Hall)
 
Matt Kean bows out, taking what’s left of reforming politics with him
BERNARD KEANE

Matt Kean was unusual in knowing how to use power and using it to deliver real reform. There are few like him.

Resigned NSW Liberal MP Matt Kean (Image: AAP/Dan Himbrechts)
 
Journalists who fail to interrogate Dutton’s nuclear dream should resign
NICK FEIK

There is no credible nuclear plan, and journalists reporting the announcement seriously are misleading the public.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton (Image: AAP/Bianca De Marchi)
 
Hard Solo and human rights: Why Kylea Tink won’t go quietly
RACHEL WITHERS

The teal MP says she's 'gutted' that her seat is set to be abolished, but is determined to make the most of every single minute she has left.

Independent MP Kylea Tink (Image: Private Media)
 
‘Opposite of what she argued in my case’: Pauline Pantsdown says Hanson’s Irwin defamation response hypocritical
DAANYAL SAEED

In 1998, Pauline Hanson successfully sought an injunction to stop the ABC from playing a song parodying her.

Pauline Pantsdown and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson (Images: YouTube/AAP)
 
Peter Dutton’s nuclear fiction ignores too many legal obstacles
MICHAEL BRADLEY

To get his case across the line, the opposition leader would also be forced to argue that climate change is not only real but desperately so.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton (Image: AAP/Bianca De Marchi)
 
‘Susan is in Cannes’: Anger at Tourism Australia after executive joined job cuts meeting from French Riviera
ANTON NILSSON

Exclusive: A Tourism Australia bigwig joined a video meeting about major redundancies while using a generic background, obscuring her location. The agency's boss then revealed she was attending a ritzy event in Cannes.

Chief marketing Officer at Tourism Australia Susan Coghill (Image: LinkedIn/Private Media)
 
OpenAI, Meta and Google’s AI chatbots repeated Australian political paedophile conspiracy theory
CAM WILSON

One chatbot cited a conspiracy theory webpage titled 'End Pedo Politics' as a source.

(Image: Supplied)
 
Tucker Carlson’s Australian tour ticket prices have been slashed with hundreds of seats still available
CAM WILSON

Seats at one of the Clive Palmer-backed events are now listed at less than a quarter of their original price.

Tucker Carlson and Clive Palmer (Source: United Australia Party)