“If reincarnation does exist, I want my next life to be as a solar panel because you never get blamed for anything.”

These are the words of Senator Matt Canavan, a Liberal National Party senator for Queensland and deputy leader of the Nationals in the Senate, in a column for The Australian overnight

Canavan told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings we must use our natural resource of the world’s best-quality coal to deliver lower electricity prices and Australian manufacturing jobs.

“Nuclear is something we should consider long term but we cannot build them in the time needed to replace our old coal-fired power fleet,” he wrote.

Tap PLAY to hear Canavan discuss his energy plan with Bartlett on 6PR Mornings