The Climate Council says Australians are being kept in the dark about the true costs of the federal Coalition’s risky and expensive nuclear scheme, saying heavy reliance on the first of two Frontier Economics reports paints a damning picture of the methods they may use to fudge the nuclear numbers and mislead Australians.

Climate advocacy organisation Solutions for Climate Australia has slammed the federal Liberal-National party for announcing they wanted to spend taxpayer money to expand and imbed the use of expensive fossil fuel gas in electricity production.