'Really egregious': Economist behind Coalition's nuclear costings blasts government and critics
Frontier Economics' Danny Price has defended his work and lashed the government for claiming there would be more economic growth in a renewables-dominated future.
The man behind the Coalition’s nuclear costings has accused the Albanese government of trying to “deceive the public” by claiming the plan is based on a smaller economy.
Frontier Economics founder and managing director Danny Price also lashed critics of his modelling, accusing them of having a vested interest in a renewables-dominated energy grid.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton released the long-awaited costings of his nuclear plan on Friday. Modelled by Price, they claim it would be $263 billion cheaper to deliver than Labor’s renewables-heavy strategy.
Yet a government analysis reported in The Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday claims that under Labor’s plan the economy would grow at 2.12% a year, while under the Coalition’s nuclear plan the economy would grow at 1.89%.
