An 'odd' candidate for Newcastle

The Liberal Party’s Newcastle candidate and local weatherman, Martin Babakhan, is not a climate sceptic.

In fact, for many years Mr Babakhan has made public statements about the climate crisis that reflect a view on the issue that is very close to that of The Greens.

This, of course, puts him at odds with John Howard and the Federal Liberal Party who have been doing their best to ignore the issue while still subsidising practices that fuel the climate crisis (like diesel rebates for the coal industry).

But Mr Babakhan, who advocates that nuclear power is THE answer to the climate crisis, is also at odds with Peter Debnam and the NSW Liberal Party who have said that they would not permit nuclear power stations to be built in NSW (is this a 'core' promise?). Read Anne Davies' article in Monday's Sydney Morning Herald.

The whisper around town is that Mr Babakhan believes that nuclear-powered, mobile desalination plants are THE answer to the water crisis - is this true?

If someone voted for the Liberals in Newcastle, what would they be voting for?