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Meet the man on whom Peter Dutton is pinning his nuclear hopes

The opposition leader picked a relatively untested backbencher to create the Coalition’s nuclear energy policy.

Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Every Christmas, opposition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien organises a bottle of wine for each of the Coalition MPs elected in 2016 – the class of 2016 as they call themselves. The bottle has a custom festive label with the faces of each MP in the class – or at least the ones who are still in federal parliament.

O’Brien is also admin for the class’s WhatsApp group, according to one member. Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.

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