The Hon Angus Taylor MP Transcripts

JONATHAN GREEN: Would you like a cheaper power bill? I'm sure you would. Do you trust the Government and what it's announced today to deliver that for you? Let us know - 0418 226 576, send us a text. Will the Government lower your power price? Because it's decoupled that from its efforts to lower emissions and the Government is, as we hear today, pushing ahead with what's left of the National Energy Guarantee. Today, it outlined measures to establish a default energy price that retailers will be required to offer customers.

LEIGH SALES: The Prime Minister's putting energy companies on notice, that he expects electricity bills to come down before the next federal election, but alongside that is the challenge of keeping power supplies reliable, particularly as we head into summer. Angus Taylor's the Energy Minister. He joined me from Canberra. Angus Taylor, thanks for being with us.
ANGUS TAYLOR: Thanks for having me, Leigh.
LEIGH SALES: Scott Morrison today used the term ‘fair-dinkum power generation’ - what does that mean?

SUBJECTS: More reliable and affordable power; Border protection.
PRIME MINISTER: Good morning everyone. This morning Angus and I met Colin and Avril Greef here in Canberra and we want their electricity bills, we want their electricity prices to be more affordable. We want their electricity prices to go down, that’s what we want to achieve, that’s what Angus Taylor is the Minister for, to get electricity prices down.

SPENCE DENNY: $200 million in fact, which comes in the form of subsidies and loans to try and assist people specifically in South Australia to have batteries installed to their solar panels. The Minister for Energy federally is Angus Taylor. Minister, good morning to you.

ANGUS TAYLOR: Good morning, Spence.

SPENCE DENNY: How will this work? I mean, do you actually have to have existing solar panels? It is a loan? What's the interest rate? How will it work?

STEVE ROSHAI MURDOCH: This week, two major policy summits are taking place. One examining the response to Australia's drought crisis while the latest version of the Government's energy plan will be up for discussion by states and territories. Eliza Edwards has the story.

DAVID PENBERTHY: A little bit later in the morning we're going to delve into the issue of Adelaide Oval price hikes. A lot of listeners particularly upset. I reckon we broke the record for comments on the 5AA Facebook page yesterday.

WILL GOODINGS: It went berserk didn't it-

DAVID PENBERTHY: Unbelievable.

SPENCE DENNY: $200 million in fact, which comes in the form of subsidies and loans to try and assist people specifically in South Australia to have batteries installed to their solar panels. The Minister for Energy federally is Angus Taylor. Minister, good morning to you.
ANGUS TAYLOR: Good morning, Spence.
SPENCE DENNY: How will this work? I mean, do you actually have to have existing solar panels? It is a loan? What's the interest rate? How will it work?

STEVE ROSHAI MURDOCH: This week, two major policy summits are taking place. One examining the response to Australia's drought crisis while the latest version of the Government's energy plan will be up for discussion by states and territories. Eliza Edwards has the story.

DAVID PENBERTHY: A little bit later in the morning we're going to delve into the issue of Adelaide Oval price hikes. A lot of listeners particularly upset. I reckon we broke the record for comments on the 5AA Facebook page yesterday.
WILL GOODINGS: It went berserk didn't it-
DAVID PENBERTHY: Unbelievable.

TICKY FULLERTON: Angus Taylor, you are the Minister for down, down electricity prices, but you announced this week reliability is on your radar. Can you colour that for me?

ANGUS TAYLOR: Well our focus is on getting electricity prices down, but also while we keep the lights on. What we're seeing right now Ticky, is a big investment in intermittent generation - this is typically-

TICKY FULLERTON: Renewables?