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Angus Taylor: fighting for coal and cheap power, but is it too late?

29 May 2019

6:14 PM

29 May 2019

6:14 PM

In contrast to his predecessor, the eminently likeable Josh Frydenberg, Angus Taylor can be abrasive and has managed to antagonise many within the industry:

  • State ministers for launching the proposal for government supported new firm capacity and avoiding them monkey wrenching it by not first consulting them;
  • The rationalists by not abandoning renewable subsidies, including those to small scale rooftop facilities, which even the ACCC said were a costly waste;
  • The Greens, the ALP and “Modern Liberals” for not adopting green energy policies and including in the seemingly sacrosanct 2015 Paris targets “carryover” credits from exceeding the 1997 Kyoto agreement targets.

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