The Hon Angus Taylor MP Transcripts
CHRIS KENNY: Now, let me get on to our next guest. Joining us live from Goulburn in his electorate is the new Energy Minister Angus Taylor.
Thanks for joining us, Angus.
ANGUS TAYLOR: Thanks for having me, Chris.
KIERAN GILBERT: Now to my interview earlier this morning with the Energy Minister Angus Taylor. We discussed a range of issues but began with the fundamental question around the National Energy Guarantee - or the NEG as it's been called, that acronym - is it dead, is the government moving on from it? Here was my interview with Angus Taylor.
Energy Minister Angus Taylor, thanks so much for your time. Can I start with some clarification; is the NEG - the National Energy Guarantee - dead, as we once knew it?
FRAN KELLY: Well the Federal Government's drive to cheaper energy costs has been undermined this morning by revelations that Cabinet rejected a billion-dollar plan to help struggling households pay their power bills. Fairfax is reporting that Cabinet knocked back a proposal last month by the former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull for a one-off bonus worth up to $125 for pensioners and other low-income earners. Just a couple of weeks later Malcolm Turnbull was dumped as leader.
KIERAN GILBERT: Now to my interview earlier this morning with the Energy Minister Angus Taylor. We discussed a range of issues but began with the fundamental question around the National Energy Guarantee - or the NEG as it's been called, that acronym - is it dead, is the government moving on from it? Here was my interview with Angus Taylor.
Energy Minister Angus Taylor, thanks so much for your time. Can I start with some clarification; is the NEG - the National Energy Guarantee - dead, as we once knew it?
FRAN KELLY: Well the Federal Government's drive to cheaper energy costs has been undermined this morning by revelations that Cabinet rejected a billion-dollar plan to help struggling households pay their power bills. Fairfax is reporting that Cabinet knocked back a proposal last month by the former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull for a one-off bonus worth up to $125 for pensioners and other low-income earners. Just a couple of weeks later Malcolm Turnbull was dumped as leader.