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Newly minted Victorian Liberal leader Brad Battin has declined to reveal whether he personally supports nuclear power as the party at a federal level pushes to have it part of Australia's energy mix. In an interview with Sky News Australia's Kenny Heatley on Monday morning three days after ousting John Pesutto from the state party leadership, Mr Battin was grilled on his stance on nuclear power, including whether he backed a plant in Victoria's La Traobe Valley. The federal coalition in June revealed the Loy Yang power station in the La Trobe Valley was one of seven proposed sites nationwide for its zero-emissions nuclear power plants. Mr Battin said he first wanted to consult with the party room before making public his nuclear position. "I've only been in this role for a few days. The most important part of anything I want to do is making sure the team is involved in those discussions," he said. Pressed to reveal his personal opinion on nuclear power, Mr Battin said: "As I said, I've got to take that back through the party room. "If I make a personal call right now, all that is, (it) becomes policy for the party. So I'm going to go through the process of working within that team. "Our primary focus here in Victoria is ensuring gas stays on and that we can have power and reliable energy here in the state. "Whatever that is in the future, will be a discussion for the party room, and I'll have that discussion with (federal opposition leader) Peter Dutton as well." Mr Battin was asked again whether he could confirm on Sky News Australia whether he was in favour of nuclear power, with energy shaping up as a key battleground in next year's federal election which could be decided by Victoria . "Right now, on this program, I have spoken to Peter exactly how this sits with us and I've got to take it through that party room," he said. "We can't expect a new leader to come out and then put out policies. Even when you say it's a personal opinion, that becomes policy in the media. "I have to actually work within my team. If I'm going to unite them, having those discussions in the media prior to speaking to them would be disrespectful." In June, Mr Pesutto said the Victorian Liberals "have no plans for nuclear as a state opposition". Mr Battin said he spoke briefly with the federal opposition leader after winning the state party leadership on Friday in what was his third attempt at the job, with pair set to meet up in early January. "It's really important that when we sit down we work out what is in the best interests. He has a focus for Australia, I have a focus for Victoria," he said. "So we'll be sitting down with him and talking about what the expectations are with the things that are the most important to our areas, understanding too that a lot of our decisions will have to go back through our shadow cabinet and party room. And Peter's well and truly aware of that." He said he also spoke briefly with Mr Pesutto in the party room after Friday's leadership decision and later sent a message to his predecessor. "I sent him a text and said let's catch up this week sometime. I think he needed that weekend off to have a bit of time with his family as well," Mr Battin said. "It's been a tough time for John, he's a very respected person from the party, he's been there for 30 years. And he deserves the respect from all of us to give him that little bit of a break right now." Mr Battin said his shadow cabinet would be unveiled within the first 10 days of the new year, with Sam Groth already locked in as the deputy leader.
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