The federal Coalition has gone silent about its plan to build seven nuclear power plants, at a cost of $331 billion over 25 years, across Australia.

But a new group, Liberals Against Nuclear, is frustrating the Coalition’s attempt to downplay its policy, wanting it to ditch its nuclear policy before the election.

Spokesman and former Tasmanian Liberal director Andrew Gregson said those involved are “desperate” for the Liberals to win government and are “not doing it out of malice or anger”.

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Gregson said: “Nuclear power is the big road block preventing the Liberals getting to the Lodge. This is big government waste that betrays liberal values, splits the party, and hands Government back to Labor.”

He said the $331 billion nuclear policy “gives us bigger government, higher taxes to pay for it, more debt and less freedom as the state takes over energy production”.

Referring to differences on climate science and renewable energy, Gregson

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