Angus Taylor

Taylor was born to Anne and Peter Taylor, who raised him and his three brothers on their property Bobingah,{{Cite web|title=The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on December 21, 1985 · Page 113|date=21 December 1985 |url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/126016667/|access-date=2020-07-02|via=Newspapers.com|language=en|archive-date=2 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702060033/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/126016667/|url-status=live}} a sheep and cattle farm in the foothills of the Australian Alps of New South Wales. He is of Jewish descent and had a Jewish grandmother.Stein, Lucia (5 December 2019). [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-05/naomi-wolf-and-angus-taylor-in-dispute-over-maiden-speech/11771340 Angus Taylor demands apology from feminist Naomi Wolf over anti-Semitism accusation after maiden speech dispute] ABC NEWS. Retrieved on 4 May 2025

Taylor's father is a fourth-generation sheep farmer.{{Cite web|date=2001-08-30|title=Back to Cathcart|url=https://www.bombalatimes.com.au/story/1089074/back-to-cathcart/|access-date=2020-07-02|website=Bombala Times|language=en|archive-date=2 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702060056/https://www.bombalatimes.com.au/story/1089074/back-to-cathcart/|url-status=live}} Taylor's maternal grandfather was engineer Sir William Hudson.{{Cite web|last=Devine|first=Miranda|title=Miranda Devine: Liberal party needs to let Angus Taylor shine|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=DTWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailytelegraph.com.au%2Frendezview%2Fmiranda-devine-liberal-party-needs-to-let-angus-taylor-shine%2Fnews-story%2F0e851963b2a52c85b03d818742a11ae1&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&nk=d11c683bd4f4e1e1117979eb6e83e4af-1593668341|access-date=2020-07-02|website=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney|archive-date=2 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702055222/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=DTWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/rendezview/miranda-devine-liberal-party-needs-to-let-angus-taylor-shine/news-story/0e851963b2a52c85b03d818742a11ae1&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&nk=d11c683bd4f4e1e1117979eb6e83e4af-1593668341|url-status=live}} His mother died from cancer in 1988 at the age of 48. Contemporaneous to her death was a collapse in wool and beef prices due to drought, an event that brought financial stress on the Taylor family.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-07|title=Angus Taylor: lured into politics then left to languish|url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/angus-taylor-lured-into-politics-then-left-to-languish-20141205-120jys|access-date=2020-06-23|website=Australian Financial Review|language=en|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726042908/https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/angus-taylor-lured-into-politics-then-left-to-languish-20141205-120jys|url-status=live}} His father eventually became President of NSW Farmers and Vice President of the National Farmers Federation.{{Cite web|date=2015-05-26|title=Brothers in farms|url=https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/agribusiness/on-farm/prime-movers-growth-farm-founders-richard-and-angus-taylor-see-positive-future/news-story/68a9b90369170d4ae65e067fab2e2a5a|access-date=2020-06-24|website=weeklytimesnow.com.au|language=en|archive-date=17 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617050234/https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/agribusiness/on-farm/prime-movers-growth-farm-founders-richard-and-angus-taylor-see-positive-future/news-story/68a9b90369170d4ae65e067fab2e2a5a|url-status=live}}

Taylor completed primary school at Nimmitabel's local primary school.{{Cite web|last=Dubber|first=Antony|date=2016-05-11|title=Who's who in the long race for Hume|url=https://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/3900534/whos-who-in-the-long-race-for-hume/|access-date=2020-06-24|website=Goulburn Post|language=en|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726040818/https://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/3900534/whos-who-in-the-long-race-for-hume/|url-status=live}} He then boarded at The King's School, Parramatta.{{Cite web|date=2016-11-22|title=Vision check: who is Angus Taylor, Australia's Assistant Minister for Cities?|url=https://www.foreground.com.au/planning-policy/who-is-angus-taylor-australias-assistant-minister-for-cities/|access-date=2020-06-24|website=Foreground|language=en|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626225236/https://www.foreground.com.au/planning-policy/who-is-angus-taylor-australias-assistant-minister-for-cities/|url-status=live}} Upon graduation, he studied at the University of Sydney while residing at St Andrew's College, graduating with a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

Taylor then won a Rhodes Scholarship, and elected to study a Master of Philosophy in Economics at New College, Oxford.{{cite news|author=Chan, Gabrielle|date=28 May 2012|title=Smart, rich, charming: Angus Taylor made to stand|work=The Australian|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/smart-rich-charming-angus-taylor-made-to-stand/story-e6frgd0x-1226368681773|access-date=15 September 2013|archive-date=12 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412184535/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/smart-rich-charming-angus-taylor-made-to-stand/story-e6frgd0x-1226368681773|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Angus Taylor: Liberal for Hume|url=https://www.nsw.liberal.org.au/angus_taylor|access-date=14 September 2013|publisher=Liberal Party of Australia – New South Wales|archive-date=14 September 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130914153052/https://www.nsw.liberal.org.au/angus_taylor|url-status=live}} He studied "Smith, Bentham, Burke, Mill, Marshall, Schumpeter, Galbraith, Keynes and Friedman",{{Cite web|title=ParlInfo – GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH : Address-in-Reply|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22chamber/hansardr/5c41e365-7ca7-47aa-a810-1c6e44b75e5e/0096%22|access-date=2020-07-02|website=parlinfo.aph.gov.au|archive-date=2 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202065402/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22chamber/hansardr/5c41e365-7ca7-47aa-a810-1c6e44b75e5e/0096%22|url-status=live}} during his studies he developed an interest in the game theory of John Forbes Nash Jr. He applied Nash's theories to make an analysis of English pubs, to argue that they ought be protected from being dominated by large brewing companies.{{Cite web|date=2016-11-22|title=Vision check: who is Angus Taylor, Australia's Assistant Minister for Cities?|url=https://www.foreground.com.au/planning-policy/who-is-angus-taylor-australias-assistant-minister-for-cities/|access-date=2020-07-02|website=Foreground|language=en|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626225236/https://www.foreground.com.au/planning-policy/who-is-angus-taylor-australias-assistant-minister-for-cities/|url-status=live}}

Taylor had a career in management consulting and then helped launch a number of agribusinesses with his brothers and other business partners, including Growth Farms.

Taylor joined his brother Charlie at McKinsey & Co, a global management consulting firm, in 1994. Projects took him to Korea, the US, and the UK and to New Zealand, where he worked with dairy farmers to create a new business model. He recommended the 10,600 dairy farmers form a multi-national dairy co-operative. Fonterra was launched in October 2001.{{Cite news|date=2003-02-20|title=Fonterra looks at NZMP rebrand|language=en-NZ|work=The New Zealand Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=3197032|access-date=2020-07-07|issn=1170-0777|archive-date=7 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707180308/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=3197032|url-status=live}} Two decades later, it was regarded as "one of the most successful strategic decisions in agri-business history" and is used as a business transformation model at Harvard Business School. Taylor returned to Sydney and was made a partner in 1999.

Around this time, Taylor developed a digital agribusiness called Farmshed. He convinced his employer, McKinsey, to back the project along with Wesfarmers, Rural Press and, later, JB Were and NAB. Based in Surry Hills, Taylor was the MD. However, when Wesfarmers merged with IAMA, they began to see Farmshed as undercutting their own business. The online business failed, with a loss of several million dollars.

Taylor went on to become a director at Port Jackson Partners, an Australian management consulting firm. During this tenure, he was a member of the Victorian government taskforce to investigate the development of a coal seam gas industry in the state.{{cite web|date=November 2013|title=2013 Victorian Gas Market Taskforce Final Report|url=http://www.energyandresources.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/205469/Victorian-Gas-Market-Taskforce-Final-Report-October-2013.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313204749/http://www.energyandresources.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/205469/Victorian-Gas-Market-Taskforce-Final-Report-October-2013.pdf|archive-date=13 March 2014|access-date=15 May 2014|publisher=Government of Victoria}} Reporting in November 2013, the taskforce recommended that the State of Victoria should promote the production of additional and largely on-shore gas supply. He also served as the Director of Rabobank's Executive Development Program for leading farmers in Australia and New Zealand, as well as their Farm Managers Program which focused on younger farmers.{{Cite web|title=ParlInfo – Biography for TAYLOR, the Hon. Angus James|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22handbook/allmps/231027%22;querytype=;rec=0|access-date=2020-07-07|website=parlinfo.aph.gov.au|archive-date=20 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320032503/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22handbook/allmps/231027%22;querytype=;rec=0|url-status=live}}

After leaving Port Jackson Partners, Taylor developed several businesses with family members and fellow investors, largely connected to irrigation and agriculture. Some of these businesses were relinquished on his taking his seat in parliament, while others continue, wholly or partly owned by the holding company of Taylor's family Gufee Pty Ltd, a family trust.

Eastern Australia Irrigation (EAI) was co-founded by Taylor and he was a director from 2007{{Cite web|last=Osborne|first=Kayla|date=2019-04-29|title=Hume MP Angus Taylor fends off 'watergate' accusations|url=https://www.wollondillyadvertiser.com.au/story/6096058/hume-mp-angus-taylor-fends-off-watergate-accusations/|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Wollondilly Advertiser|language=en|archive-date=8 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708221904/https://www.wollondillyadvertiser.com.au/story/6096058/hume-mp-angus-taylor-fends-off-watergate-accusations/|url-status=live}} to 2012.{{Cite web|date=2019-05-03|title=Taylor didn't invest in 'Watergate' farms: law firm|url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/ashurst-law-firm-says-angus-taylor-didn-t-invest-in-watergate-farms-20190503-p51jsz|access-date=2020-07-09|website=Australian Financial Review|language=en|archive-date=11 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711100004/https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/ashurst-law-firm-says-angus-taylor-didn-t-invest-in-watergate-farms-20190503-p51jsz|url-status=live}} In mid 2008, he was also a director and secretary of its parent company, Eastern Australia Agriculture (EAA). By the end of 2009 he had ended his relationship with the company. In 2019, Taylor's earlier dealings with the company were given media attention as EAA had sold water licences from two of its agricultural properties back to the Australian government in 2017 for $79 million— a profit to the company of $52 million. At the time, Taylor reiterated that he was not connected to the company at the time of the water licence transaction, hadn't been since 2009{{Cite web|title=Did The Government Waste $80-Million Buying Water?|url=https://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/the-project/extra/season-10/did-the-government-waste-80-million-buying-water|access-date=20 April 2019|website=The Project|archive-date=20 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420002408/https://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/the-project/extra/season-10/did-the-government-waste-80-million-buying-water|url-status=live}} and had not received any financial benefit from the water purchase.{{cite news|last1=Thrower|first1=Louise|date=1 May 2019|title=Water buyback begs answers, says Labor candidate|language=en|work=Goulburn Post|url=https://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/6097949/water-buyback-begs-answers-says-labor-candidate/|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507080412/https://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/6097949/water-buyback-begs-answers-says-labor-candidate/|url-status=live}}

Farm Partnerships Australia was a farm-leasing business venture owned by Gufee. By 2015 it was managing 35 properties in Victoria, NSW, and Queensland, with a total of 109,000 hectares of land under management.

Growth Farms is an agribusiness formed by Taylor with his oldest brother, Richard in 1999,{{Cite web|last1=Hutchinson|first1=Kylar|last2=Loussikian|first2=Samantha|date=2020-04-21|title=Taylor packs up his swag and sells the farm|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/taylor-packs-up-his-swag-and-sells-the-farm-20200421-p54lwp.html|access-date=2020-07-07|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|archive-date=8 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708011009/https://www.smh.com.au/national/taylor-packs-up-his-swag-and-sells-the-farm-20200421-p54lwp.html|url-status=live}} holding a non-controlling stake through Gufee until it sold its interest in early 2020. At first the company focussed on leveraged-leaseholds of high-rainfall properties in the Southern Tablelands and Monaro. The approach caused serious financing issues as "the cost of it doubled market-wise." The company then shifted to consulting. It enjoyed early expansion when it won Sir Michael Hintze as a client, managing his 12 properties across Australia. The company manages the Queensland properties Clyde and Kia Ora as well as the Kerry Stokes-owned Cygnet Park on Kangaroo Island. The group owns "Hyland Grange", "Bellevue" and the old Taylor family property "Bobingah" all in the South East of NSW. One of the farms managed by the group is at Corrowong near Delegate.{{Cite web|last=Whyte|first=Sally|date=2019-07-30|title=Why is Angus Taylor under pressure over grass meeting?|url=https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/6300185/why-is-angus-taylor-under-pressure-over-grass-meeting/|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Illawarra Mercury|language=en|archive-date=8 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708174938/https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/6300185/why-is-angus-taylor-under-pressure-over-grass-meeting/|url-status=live}} Operations at this property came under the scrutiny of environmental agencies when managers used a herbicide that was later seen to be a threat to an endangered species of native grass.{{Cite web|date=2020-05-01|title=Farmers set to appeal high-profile land clearing case|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-05-01/farmers-to-appeal-taylor-grassland-finding/12206728|access-date=2020-07-07|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=3 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503064121/https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-05-01/farmers-to-appeal-taylor-grassland-finding/12206728|url-status=live}} The investigation by NSW Environment & Heritage concluded in April 2017, finding there was no case to answer. The Federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment began its own investigation and Taylor met with officers from the Department of Environment.{{Cite news|last1=Glascow|first1=Will|last2=Lacey|first2=Christine|date=1 August 2019|title=Energy minister Angus Taylor keeps lid on Jam Land|work=The Australian|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/margin-call/margin-call-energy-minister-angus-taylor-keeps-lid-on-jam-land/news-story/c15b5980fba740c15588e8111255ed25|access-date=7 July 2020|archive-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408070003/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/margin-call/margin-call-energy-minister-angus-taylor-keeps-lid-on-jam-land/news-story/c15b5980fba740c15588e8111255ed25|url-status=live}} This was seen as "a potential breach of the ministerial code of conduct", generating intense media scrutiny, particularly in The Guardian{{Cite news|last1=Cox|first1=Lisa|last2=Davies|first2=Anne|date=2019-06-20|title=Labor demands Angus Taylor and Josh Frydenberg explain 'shocking allegations of misconduct'|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jun/20/labor-demands-angus-taylor-and-josh-frydenberg-explain-allegations-of-misconduct|access-date=2020-07-07|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=26 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126203601/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jun/20/labor-demands-angus-taylor-and-josh-frydenberg-explain-allegations-of-misconduct|url-status=live}} and came to dominate Question Time in Parliament by late 2019. Taylor was unrepentant, saying, "If I'm not standing up for farmers in the federal parliament, then who is?"{{Cite news|last1=Murphy|first1=Katharine|last2=Cox|first2=Lisa|last3=Davies|first3=Anne|date=2019-09-10|title=Labor demands Scott Morrison sack Angus Taylor over grasslands saga|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/10/labor-demands-scott-morrison-sack-angus-taylor-over-grasslands-saga|access-date=2020-07-07|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726043611/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/10/labor-demands-scott-morrison-sack-angus-taylor-over-grasslands-saga|url-status=live}}

Jam Land is a holding company also part owned by Gufee Pty Ltd.{{Cite web|title=Chapter 3|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/Faunalextinction2019/Interim_Report/section?id=committees/reportsen/024327/27988|access-date=2020-07-07|publisher=Parliament of Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726042523/https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/Faunalextinction2019/Interim_Report/section?id=committees/reportsen/024327/27988|url-status=live}} Taylor's brother and business partner, Richard, is one of the three owners.

JRAT International was a company set up for consulting projects in the early 2000s. The company appears to never have begun business operations. Taylor admitted in 2020{{Cite web|last=Osborne|first=Paul|date=2019-08-01|title=No Jam Land declaration by Angus Taylor|url=https://www.edenmagnet.com.au/story/6306063/no-jam-land-declaration-by-angus-taylor/|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Magnet|language=en|archive-date=10 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710114221/https://www.edenmagnet.com.au/story/6306063/no-jam-land-declaration-by-angus-taylor/|url-status=live}} that while the company should have appeared on his register of parliamentary interests{{Cite web|title=No conflict of interest by Taylor: PM|work=SBS News |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/no-conflict-of-interest-by-taylor-pm|access-date=2020-07-07|publisher=SBS World News|language=en|archive-date=8 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708034427/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/no-conflict-of-interest-by-taylor-pm|url-status=live}} "the company did no business, and earned no income, and I received absolutely no benefit from it."

Taylor first showed an interest in politics when he returned from Oxford, joining the Liberal Party when he was 26.{{Cite web|date=2012-05-13|title=Schultz praises new Hume Liberal candidate|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-14/hume-result/4009446|access-date=2020-07-07|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818043845/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-14/hume-result/4009446|url-status=live}} He volunteered as a staffer for Barry O'Farrell, then a member of NSW state parliament. O'Farrell encouraged him to "have a career before politics" and Taylor moved to consulting. About twenty years later, he met John Howard at a Heart Foundation fundraiser where the Prime Minister strongly encouraged Taylor to run for Parliament. Learning that Alby Schultz, the Member for Hume was considering retirement, in 2011 Taylor moved his family from Woollahra to the Southern Tablelands, on a farm outside of Goulburn, enrolling his children in local schools.

Schultz announced in April 2012 that he would not re-contest the seat of Hume at the 2013 federal election, and Taylor sought and gained Liberal endorsement for the seat of Hume, 26 votes out of 33. One of the candidates he defeated, Rick Mandelson, later appeared to endorse Taylor, saying "more common sense (is needed) in the Parliament along with someone who's actually done some things, not just academics, lawyers and union reps."{{Cite web|first=David|last=Alexander|others=Chris Gordon and Louise Thrower|date=2012-05-15|title=Alby's man gets the nod for Hume|url=https://www.southernhighlandnews.com.au/story/110380/albys-man-gets-the-nod-for-hume/|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Southern Highland News|language=en|archive-date=8 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708045127/https://www.southernhighlandnews.com.au/story/110380/albys-man-gets-the-nod-for-hume/|url-status=live}}

Taylor's wife, Louise Clegg, stepped back from her career as a barrister and law lecturer to run Taylor's election campaign "with military precision and solid financial support." Records show he made donations to his own campaign during 2012–2013.{{cite news|date=5 February 2014|title=The biggest donor: Liberal MP Angus Taylor gives a chunk of change to his party|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/the-biggest-donor-liberal-mp-angus-taylor-gives-a-chunk-of-change-to-his-party-20140205-320qo.html|access-date=25 March 2016|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208184853/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/the-biggest-donor-liberal-mp-angus-taylor-gives-a-chunk-of-change-to-his-party-20140205-320qo.html|url-status=live}} Under Coalition rules, the Nationals were also entitled to run a candidate against Taylor, but decided not to.{{cite news|author=Coorey, Phillip|date=1 August 2012|title=Coalition split over candidate for Hume|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/coalition-split-over-candidate-for-hume-20120731-23d51.html|access-date=15 September 2013|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054743/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/coalition-split-over-candidate-for-hume-20120731-23d51.html|url-status=live}} Taylor was elected as Member for Hume with over 61% of the two-party preferred vote and over 54% of the primary vote.{{cite web|date=13 September 2013|title=House of Representatives: NSW: Hume|url=http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-17496-125.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909211010/http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-17496-125.htm|archive-date=9 September 2013|access-date=15 September 2013|work=Election 2013|publisher=Australian Electoral Commission}} Taylor joined the Government benches under new Prime Minister Tony Abbott. In an interview early in his parliamentary career he said, "I hate, I mean really hate, fart-arsing around. I insist on getting things done. And yet that is what government specialises in. It specialises in fart-arsing. In stopping anything from happening, or insisting that the longest route is taken. I do delivery."

Soon into his role as a backbencher, Taylor called for an overhaul to the Renewable energy target, which the Liberal Party had supported up to that point. He wrote and circulated a paper outlining how many renewable energy projects, in particular wind{{cite news|date=26 February 2013|title=Liberals tilt at expensive wind mills|work=Financial Review|url=http://www.afr.com/p/national/liberal_tilts_at_expensive_windmills_RGhiIrXS72p6gaeCrApwlJ|access-date=15 May 2014|archive-date=31 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331052339/http://www.afr.com/p/national/liberal_tilts_at_expensive_windmills_RGhiIrXS72p6gaeCrApwlJ|url-status=live}} are increasing electricity costs, and proposed cheaper carbon reduction methods.{{Cite web|last=Latimer|first=Cole|date=2018-08-27|title=Energy industry calls on Taylor to not give up the energy policy fight|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/energy-industry-calls-on-taylor-to-not-give-up-the-energy-policy-fight-20180827-p50019.html|access-date=2020-07-07|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|archive-date=8 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708073718/https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/energy-industry-calls-on-taylor-to-not-give-up-the-energy-policy-fight-20180827-p50019.html|url-status=live}} He was particularly supportive of turning to natural gas as "a better way to reduce carbon emissions."{{Cite web|last=Bourke|first=Latika|date=2014-12-31|title=Liberal MP at odds with Tony Abbott over coal and says gas is the future for developing nations|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/liberal-mp-at-odds-with-tony-abbott-over-coal-and-says-gas-is-the-future-for-developing-nations-20141230-12fg3k.html|access-date=2020-07-07|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|archive-date=11 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711134221/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/liberal-mp-at-odds-with-tony-abbott-over-coal-and-says-gas-is-the-future-for-developing-nations-20141230-12fg3k.html|url-status=live}} At points he has used inflammatory language against supporters of windpower, describing them as "the new climate religion."{{cite news|date=25 July 2014|title=The inconvenient truth in the push to scrap the renewable energy target|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/25/the-inconvenient-truth-in-the-push-to-scrap-the-renewable-energy-target?CMP=soc_568|access-date=26 July 2014|archive-date=8 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808073004/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/25/the-inconvenient-truth-in-the-push-to-scrap-the-renewable-energy-target?CMP=soc_568|url-status=live}} As a speaker at the "Wind Power Fraud Rally" Taylor both criticised windpower while accepting the need to reduce emissions:{{cite news|date=18 June 2013|title=Alan Jones lacks wind at protest|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/wind-protesters-take-fight-to-canberra/story-fni0xqi4-1226665339737}}

I am not a climate sceptic. For 25 years, I have been concerned about how rising carbon dioxide emissions might have an impact on our climate. It remains a concern of mine today. I do not have a vendetta against renewables. My grandfather was William Hudson – he was the first Commissioner and Chief Engineer of the Snowy Scheme, Australia's greatest ever renewable scheme. He believed in renewables and renewables have been in my blood since the day I was born.

Taylor began working on parliamentary committees on employment, trade and investment growth and public accounts.{{cite web|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=231027#parliamentaryservice|title=Mr Angus Taylor MP – Parliament of Australia|publisher=Commonwealth Parliament|access-date=1 February 2016|archive-date=7 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107163252/http://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=231027#parliamentaryservice|url-status=live}} In these forums, he argued against increasing government debt, saying that Australia's long-term prosperity is characterised by high real wages and low inequality, and that only by increasing productivity and participation, will Australia's broad-based prosperity continue.{{cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/andrew-leigh-shows-little-is-left-of-labors-hawke-keating-legacy/story-e6frg6zo-1227201379591|title=Opinion|work=The Australian|access-date=11 February 2016|author=Taylor, Angus}} Taylor was not given any portfolio by Abbott during this Parliament. The Australian Financial Review said that he had been "left to languish"{{Cite web|date=2019-12-07|title=Angus Taylor: lured into politics then left to languish|url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/angus-taylor-lured-into-politics-then-left-to-languish-20141205-120jys|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Australian Financial Review|language=en|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726042908/https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/angus-taylor-lured-into-politics-then-left-to-languish-20141205-120jys|url-status=live}} which, The Guardian speculated, was because other MPs "had deeper political networks."{{Cite news|last=Davies|first=Anne|date=2019-11-29|title=The Angus Taylor story: from the Liberals' golden boy to a man on the edge|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/30/the-angus-taylor-story-from-the-liberalsgolden-boy-to-a-man-on-the-edge|access-date=2020-07-07|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=24 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624054520/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/30/the-angus-taylor-story-from-the-liberalsgolden-boy-to-a-man-on-the-edge|url-status=live}}

Mobile-phone black spots were a prominent concern for people in the Southern Tablelands and Taylor said he was "determined to fix this."{{Cite web|date=2013-08-23|title=Coalition says it will fix mobile phone blackspots|url=https://www.boorowanewsonline.com.au/story/1726076/coalition-says-it-will-fix-mobile-phone-blackspots/|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Boorowa News|language=en|archive-date=8 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708001153/https://www.boorowanewsonline.com.au/story/1726076/coalition-says-it-will-fix-mobile-phone-blackspots/|url-status=live}} By 2015, funding had been secured for new towers in Wollondilly, one of 18 new towers for the region funded under round 1 of a Federal Program.{{Cite journal|title=Round 1 Funded Base Stations|url=https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/mobile-black-spot-programme-funded-base-stations/resource/797a7c1b-cf1e-452d-8a92-194c2ed5708a|language=en|access-date=8 July 2020|archive-date=9 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709181403/https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/mobile-black-spot-programme-funded-base-stations/resource/797a7c1b-cf1e-452d-8a92-194c2ed5708a|url-status=live}}

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In September 2015, the Federal Liberal Party elected a new leader and Malcolm Turnbull was made Prime Minister of Australia. The following year, Turnbull appointed Taylor to his first portfolio.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

On 18 February 2016, Taylor was sworn in as the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation following a rearrangement in the First Turnbull Ministry.{{cite news|author=Massola, James|date=13 February 2016|title=Cabinet reshuffle: Malcolm Turnbull announces new frontbench as Mal Brough resigns|work=The Age|location=Melbourne|url=http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/cabinet-reshuffle-malcolm-turnbull-announces-new-frontbench-as-mal-brough-resigns-20160213-gmta7z.html|access-date=13 February 2016|archive-date=4 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104083641/http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/cabinet-reshuffle-malcolm-turnbull-announces-new-frontbench-as-mal-brough-resigns-20160213-gmta7z.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=18 February 2016|title=Ministerial Swearing-in Ceremony|url=http://gg.gov.au/events/ministerial-swearing-ceremony-0|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301170128/http://gg.gov.au/events/ministerial-swearing-ceremony-0|archive-date=1 March 2016|access-date=19 February 2016|work=Events|publisher=Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia}} Taylor was "instrumental in ensuring that a single digital profile would be adopted for clients of the federal agencies, rather than letting departments run off in all directions." By May 2017, usage of myGov had doubled in two years.{{Cite web|date=2017-05-22|title=New and improved? myGov revamp demonstrates new era of skills sharing|url=https://www.themandarin.com.au/79357-new-and-improved-mygov-revamp-demonstrates-new-era-of-skills-sharing/|access-date=2020-07-07|website=The Mandarin|language=en-US|archive-date=8 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708100851/https://www.themandarin.com.au/79357-new-and-improved-mygov-revamp-demonstrates-new-era-of-skills-sharing/|url-status=live}}

At the 2016 federal election, the Turnbull government was returned to power with a severely reduced majority.{{Cite web|date=2016-07-02|title=Federal Election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull clings to power|url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal-election-2016-malcolm-turnbull-clings-to-power-20160702-gpx313|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Australian Financial Review|language=en|archive-date=8 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708073521/https://www.afr.com/politics/federal-election-2016-malcolm-turnbull-clings-to-power-20160702-gpx313|url-status=live}} Taylor faced a pre-selection threat, from Russell Matheson, which was averted.{{Cite web|date=2016-01-15|title=Hume faces significant boundary shift|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-15/liberal-mp-angus-taylor-unfazed-about-potential-challenge/7091846|access-date=2020-07-07|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=18 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818070705/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-15/liberal-mp-angus-taylor-unfazed-about-potential-challenge/7091846|url-status=live}} His seat was also redistributed, making it less regional and more urban, which was thought to favour the Labor Party. He retained his seat with 60.18% of the two party preferred vote.{{Cite web |date=2016-07-22 |title=Hume, NSW - AEC Tally Room |url=https://results.aec.gov.au/20499/Website/HouseDivisionPage-20499-125.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250503083626/https://results.aec.gov.au/20499/Website/HouseDivisionPage-20499-125.htm |archive-date=2025-05-03}}

Shortly after the election, Taylor was brought to the front bench as Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity. In this role, he appointed the first Commonwealth Transnational Serious and Organised Crime Coordinator.{{Cite web|title=ParlInfo – Australia's first Commonwealth transnational serious and organised crime coordinator|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22media/pressrel/5937632%22#:~:text=The%20Turnbull%20Government%20has%20appointed,Serious%20and%20Organised%20Crime%20Coordinator.|access-date=2020-07-08|website=parlinfo.aph.gov.au|archive-date=20 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120115459/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22media%2Fpressrel%2F5937632%22#:~:text=The%20Turnbull%20Government%20has%20appointed,Serious%20and%20Organised%20Crime%20Coordinator.|url-status=live}} This innovation has been seen{{by whom?|date=May 2025}} as providing "a mechanism to lead and strengthen national disruption efforts" against organised crime.{{Cite web|date=2019-10-02|title='Whac-A-Mole': Why we're losing the fight against organised crime|url=https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/whac-a-mole-why-were-losing-the-fight-against-organised-crime/|access-date=2020-07-08|website=The Strategist|language=en-AU|archive-date=8 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708025144/https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/whac-a-mole-why-were-losing-the-fight-against-organised-crime/|url-status=live}} It was also expected to lead to arrests for human trafficking and child pornography.

Taylor was sworn in as Minister for Energy on 28 August 2018. In interviews, he emphasised that his focus would be on "price, price, price" rather than renewable energy.{{Cite web|date=2020-01-10|title=Interview with Kieran Gilbert Sky News|url=https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/taylor/transcripts/interview-kieran-gilbert-sky-news|access-date=2020-07-08|website=minister.industry.gov.au|language=en|archive-date=8 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708043842/https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/taylor/transcripts/interview-kieran-gilbert-sky-news|url-status=live}} While reluctant to say the Turnbull-era National Energy Guarantee was "dead", it became clear that the only part of the policy which would remain would be its "focus on reliability."{{cn|date=May 2025}} He began receiving criticism for his performance in his portfolio, with the ABC querying a "rejected a billion-dollar plan to help struggling households pay their power bills" and, more seriously, that his claims that Australia would still meet its commitments to the Paris Agreement were "not what the figures show."{{Cite web|date=2020-01-10|title=Interview with Fran Kelly ABC Radio National Breakfast|url=https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/taylor/transcripts/interview-fran-kelly-abc-radio-national-breakfast-0|access-date=2020-07-08|website=minister.industry.gov.au|language=en|archive-date=9 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709183251/https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/taylor/transcripts/interview-fran-kelly-abc-radio-national-breakfast-0|url-status=live}} Senator Penny Wong, the Labor leader in the Senate said, "I don't think there's been a climate minister, energy minister who's been more anti-renewable than Angus Taylor."{{Cite web|last=Coughlan|first=Matt|date=2018-08-30|title=Energy minister to target power companies|url=https://www.newcastlestar.com.au/story/5616133/energy-minister-to-target-power-companies/|access-date=2020-07-08|website=The Star|language=en|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626131736/https://www.newcastlestar.com.au/story/5616133/energy-minister-to-target-power-companies/|url-status=live}}

File:Angus Taylor from Australia speaking at Blue Carbon in NDCs side-event at COP25 - Dec 10 - IMG 7187.jpgFollowing the 21 August 2018 leadership spill which challenged Malcolm Turnbull for leadership of the Liberal Party, Taylor was one of several frontbenchers to announce his resignation. Taylor wrote in a letter to Turnbull that he was resigning due to his support for Peter Dutton: "I have previously relayed to you my concerns about the direction of this Government, and my views on the policies that should characterise a traditional centre-right Liberal Party."{{cite news|last=Sarraf|first=Samira|date=23 August 2018|title=Cyber security Minister Angus Taylor resigns|work=ARN|location=North Sydney|url=https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/645646/cyber-security-minister-angus-taylor-resigns/|access-date=27 August 2018|archive-date=27 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142304/https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/645646/cyber-security-minister-angus-taylor-resigns/|url-status=live}} After a second spill later in the week, Turnbull resigned as Prime Minister, with Scott Morrison elected as leader. Taylor was subsequently appointed as Minister for Energy, characterised by Morrison as "Minister for reducing electricity prices". His appointment prompted strong criticism from renewable energy advocates.{{cite web|url=https://reneweconomy.com.au/morrison-names-leading-anti-wind-campaigner-as-energy-minister-49560/|title=Morrison names leading anti-wind campaigner as energy minister|work=RenewEconomy |date=26 August 2018|access-date=27 August 2018|archive-date=27 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827075543/https://reneweconomy.com.au/morrison-names-leading-anti-wind-campaigner-as-energy-minister-49560/|url-status=live}}

In the run up to the 2019 federal election, Taylor was accused of scandal by progressives on Twitter{{Cite web|date=2019-04-23|title=Watergate|url=https://www.themonthly.com.au/today/paddy-manning/2019/23/2019/1555998605/watergate|access-date=2020-07-13|website=The Monthly|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726035126/https://www.themonthly.com.au/today/paddy-manning/2019/23/2019/1555998605/watergate|url-status=live}} and was targeted in the electorate by GetUp!{{Cite web|last=Thrower|first=Louise|date=2019-05-10|title=Independent rejects canvassing GetUp support|url=https://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/6118300/independent-rejects-canvassing-getup-support/|access-date=2020-07-13|website=Goulburn Post|language=en|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713174308/https://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/6118300/independent-rejects-canvassing-getup-support/|url-status=live}} Against pressure to move to a 45% renewable energy target, Taylor put emphasis on reducing the cost of energy with two announcements. First of a default market offer price, which would limit the price that retailers can charge residential and small businesses.{{Cite web|last=Hannam|first=Mike Foley, Peter|date=2020-04-30|title=Energy bill relief for some as gas market deflates|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/energy-bill-relief-as-gas-market-deflates-20200430-p54olq.html|access-date=2020-07-13|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713115844/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/energy-bill-relief-as-gas-market-deflates-20200430-p54olq.html|url-status=live}} and a wholesale price target{{Cite web|last=Osborne|first=Paul|date=2019-05-16|title=What issues were ignored in the campaign?|url=https://www.blayneychronicle.com.au/story/6128015/what-issues-were-ignored-in-the-campaign/|access-date=2020-07-13|website=Blayney Chronicle|language=en|archive-date=16 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716190515/https://www.blayneychronicle.com.au/story/6128015/what-issues-were-ignored-in-the-campaign/|url-status=live}} "at less than $70 a megawatt-hour by the end of 2021."{{Cite web|date=2019-05-10|title=Taylor's promise on power price cuts torn apart|url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/taylor-s-promise-on-power-price-cuts-torn-apart-20190510-p51m3j|access-date=2020-07-13|website=Australian Financial Review|language=en|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713121311/https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/taylor-s-promise-on-power-price-cuts-torn-apart-20190510-p51m3j|url-status=live}} Taylor said a 4000-megawatt portfolio of power projects underwritten by the government would "put the big energy companies on notice" if they did not achieve these price targets. Locally, Taylor campaigned on his record of low unemployment, growth of 1,040 new businesses and infrastructure investments.{{Cite web|last=Thrower|first=Louise|date=2019-04-11|title=Contenders off and running in federal election|url=https://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/6023752/contenders-off-and-running-in-federal-election/|access-date=2020-07-13|website=Goulburn Post|language=en|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713121743/https://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/6023752/contenders-off-and-running-in-federal-election/|url-status=live}} Taylor increased his two-party-preferred margin from 10.18% to 12.99%. The Morrison government was returned with a stronger majority and Taylor was invited to join the Second Morrison Ministry."

Taylor was sworn in as Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction on 29 May 2019.{{Cite web|date=2020-07-08|title=Taylor|url=https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/taylor|access-date=2020-07-08|website=minister.industry.gov.au|language=en|archive-date=6 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706032911/https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/taylor|url-status=live}} Criticism for his performance continued and in October 2019, Taylor was said to be repeating misleading claims about the previous Labor government's poor record on carbon emissions.{{Cite web|date=2019-10-24|title=Fact Check zombie: Angus Taylor repeats misleading claim on carbon emissions yet again|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-24/zombie---angus-taylor-emissions-abatement-kyoto-protocol/11630780|access-date=2019-10-27|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128064126/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-24/zombie---angus-taylor-emissions-abatement-kyoto-protocol/11630780|url-status=live}} As minister, Taylor threatened the introduction of "big stick" laws which would force the break up of energy companies if they did not reduce their energy prices. Analysts began projecting that wholesale energy prices would drop and that 50% of energy would come from renewable sources by 2030, though they would not credit government policy for this.{{Cite web|title=Australia on track to reach 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030|work=SBS News |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australia-on-track-to-reach-50-per-cent-renewable-energy-by-2030|access-date=2020-07-08|publisher=SBS World News|language=en|archive-date=9 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709060627/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australia-on-track-to-reach-50-per-cent-renewable-energy-by-2030|url-status=live}} The legislation was later called "extreme and arbitrary" by the energy industry.{{Cite web|title=Australia on track to reach 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030|work=SBS News |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australia-on-track-to-reach-50-per-cent-renewable-energy-by-2030|access-date=2020-07-08|publisher=SBS World News|language=en|archive-date=9 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709060627/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australia-on-track-to-reach-50-per-cent-renewable-energy-by-2030|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Energy Minister Angus Taylor set to revive 'big stick' laws|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/energy-minister-angus-taylor-set-to-revive-big-stick-laws/pg42au5sc|access-date=2024-09-27|publisher=SBS World News|language=en}}

During the COVID-19 recession, Taylor announced the establishment of a National Oil Reserve.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/energy-ministers-good-oil-on-our-energy-reserves/news-story/d2be91778713ffdce33a5e5a56dbc86f|title=Energy Minister's good oil on our energy reserves|last=Sheridan|first=Greg|date=23 April 2020|website=The Australian|access-date=23 April 2020|archive-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408070007/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/energy-ministers-good-oil-on-our-energy-reserves/news-story/d2be91778713ffdce33a5e5a56dbc86f|url-status=live}} This would involve an AUD$94m purchase of oil, reserved for Australia, but stored in the United States. The move went directly against the advice of Australian Institute of Petroleum who argued that "the crude oil market is a global market and it is well supplied."{{Cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/australia-well-supplied-for-oil-institute-of-petroleum-ceo/news-story/f6d7e67765b3f3e31f5da2537536adfc|title=Australia well supplied for oil: Institute of Petroleum CEO|last=Ferguson|first=Richard|date=16 September 2019|website=The Australian|access-date=23 April 2020|archive-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408071506/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/australia-well-supplied-for-oil-institute-of-petroleum-ceo/news-story/f6d7e67765b3f3e31f5da2537536adfc|url-status=live}} While supported by conservative Liberal Party backbenchers such as Andrew Hastie, the move was ridiculed by Labor leader Anthony Albanese, with the decision to locate the storage in the US as being, "rather bizarre."{{Cite news|last=Hurst|first=Daniel|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/22/australia-to-spend-94m-on-crude-oil-stockpile-but-will-store-the-fuel-in-the-us|title=Australia to spend $94m on crude oil stockpile – but will store the fuel in the US|date=2020-04-22|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-04-23|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=23 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423055640/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/22/australia-to-spend-94m-on-crude-oil-stockpile-but-will-store-the-fuel-in-the-us|url-status=live}} The move was characterised as a "downpayment" on doing "something more permanent in Australia" which as a result of closures since the 1990s has only four refineries.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-14|title=Fuel reserves to be boosted by 30 days, stored onshore|url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/fuel-reserves-to-be-boosted-by-30-days-stored-onshore-20200614-p552gi|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Australian Financial Review|language=en|archive-date=9 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709072408/https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/fuel-reserves-to-be-boosted-by-30-days-stored-onshore-20200614-p552gi|url-status=live}}

Beginning in 2019 a number of stories about Taylor were published that stirred up some controversy about Taylor as a minister. Journalist Anne Davies said that the stories were "all uncovered by The Guardian"{{Cite news|last=Davies|first=Anne|date=2019-11-29|title=The Angus Taylor story: from the Liberals' golden boy to a man on the edge|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/30/the-angus-taylor-story-from-the-liberalsgolden-boy-to-a-man-on-the-edge|access-date=2020-07-01|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=24 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624054520/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/30/the-angus-taylor-story-from-the-liberalsgolden-boy-to-a-man-on-the-edge|url-status=live}} though these stories were subsequently re-reported by other media outlets.{{Cite web|date=2019-04-22|title=Joyce blames Labor 'morons' over $80m water deal during wild interview|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-22/labor-demands-answers-on-murray-darling-water-buyback-deal/11035652|access-date=2020-07-01|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=24 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724070208/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-22/labor-demands-answers-on-murray-darling-water-buyback-deal/11035652|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2019-07-29|title=Minister defends environment department meeting amid calls for inquiry|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-29/angus-taylor-details-links-to-private-companies-and-grasslands/11363214|access-date=2020-07-01|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=13 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613015020/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-29/angus-taylor-details-links-to-private-companies-and-grasslands/11363214|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Davies|first=Anne|date=2020-05-13|title=AFP 'formed no concluded view' about who altered documents Angus Taylor used to attack Clover Moore|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/13/afp-formed-no-concluded-view-about-who-altered-documents-angus-taylor-used-to-attack-clover-moore|access-date=2020-07-01|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703180451/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/13/afp-formed-no-concluded-view-about-who-altered-documents-angus-taylor-used-to-attack-clover-moore|url-status=live}} By September 2019, Labor opposition leaders began insisting he should "step down"{{Cite news|last=Knaus|first=Christopher|date=2020-04-28|title=Anthony Albanese says Angus Taylor must 'come clean' about where doctored document came from|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/27/no-evidence-doctored-documents-angus-taylor-used-to-attack-council-existed-on-website-nsw-police-say|access-date=2020-07-01|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=2 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702033446/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/27/no-evidence-doctored-documents-angus-taylor-used-to-attack-council-existed-on-website-nsw-police-say|url-status=live}} "should resign or be sacked"{{Cite web|title=ParlInfo – Angus Taylor must go|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22media/pressrel/6906764%22;src1=sm1|access-date=2020-07-01|website=parlinfo.aph.gov.au|archive-date=2 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702090336/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22media/pressrel/6906764%22;src1=sm1|url-status=live}} and "should have stepped down a long time ago."{{Cite web|date=3 December 2019|first=Mark|last=Dreyfus|title=Sky News First Edition 3 December 2019|url=http://markdreyfus.nationbuilder.com/sky_news_first_edition_3_december_2019|access-date=2020-07-01|website=Mark Dreyfus QC MP|archive-date=2 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702033732/http://markdreyfus.nationbuilder.com/sky_news_first_edition_3_december_2019|url-status=live}} By the end of 2019 Davies described Taylor as going "from the Liberals' golden boy to a man on the edge." Sky news suggested that any talk of resignation was premature.{{Cite web|title=Angus Taylor's year from hell|url=https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/angus-taylors-year-from-hell/ar-AAF0lXV?li=AAgfIYZ&p=DevEx,5073.1|access-date=2020-07-01|publisher=MSN|archive-date=2 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702024318/https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/angus-taylors-year-from-hell/ar-AAF0lXV?li=AAgfIYZ&p=DevEx,5073.1|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title='Hysteria' over Angus Taylor is 'misplaced and utterly premature': Markson|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6113600253001|access-date=2020-07-01|publisher=Sky News Australia|date=6 December 2019|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703023755/https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6113600253001|url-status=live}}

• Water rights accusation: Taylor was accused of using $80 million of taxpayers' money to buy water licences from two Queensland properties owned by Eastern Australia Agriculture (EAA).{{Cite web|last1=Norman|first1=Jane|last2=Dalzell|first2=Stephanie|last3=Conifer|first3=Dan|date=2019-04-20|title=Agriculture Department stands by water buybacks, amid calls for an inquiry|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-20/agriculture-department-stands-by-water-buybacks/11033530|access-date=2019-10-27|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=21 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221211921/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-20/agriculture-department-stands-by-water-buybacks/11033530|url-status=live}} Taylor was a director of EAA, though he resigned from his position in November 2009.{{Cite web|date=2019-04-29|title=Eastern Australia Agriculture's $80 million accounting triumph|url=https://www.afr.com/rear-window/eastern-australia-agriculture-s-80-million-accounting-triumph-20190429-p51ics|access-date=2020-07-09|website=Australian Financial Review|language=en|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726065455/https://www.afr.com/rear-window/eastern-australia-agriculture-s-80-million-accounting-triumph-20190429-p51ics|url-status=live}} The Guardian and Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young began circulating reporting on this as #watergate.{{Cite web|date=2019-04-20|title=Coalition faces calls for inquiry into Murray-Darling deals signed by Barnaby Joyce|url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/apr/20/coalition-faces-calls-for-inquiry-into-murray-darling-deals-signed-by-barnaby-joyce|access-date=2020-07-09|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=11 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711125705/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/apr/20/coalition-faces-calls-for-inquiry-into-murray-darling-deals-signed-by-barnaby-joyce|url-status=live}} The Twitter campaign was "driven by several activists who support independent political candidates challenging Liberal MPs, including former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's son, Alex Turnbull, mining heir Simon Holmes à Court, and former Sydney Morning Herald journalist Margo Kingston." The law firm Ashurst LLP was asked to prepare an opinion on the matter. They found that Taylor had never had equity in EAA or any associated company or had any benefit for the sale of any water or land.
• Grasslands clash: In July 2019, activists launched the #Grassgate hashtag on Twitter and accused Taylor of misleading parliament on "An investigation into illegal land clearing against a company part-owned by the family of federal minister Angus Taylor."{{Cite news|last1=Davies|first1=Anne|last2=Cox|first2=Lisa|date=2019-04-08|title=Company linked to Angus Taylor investigated over alleged illegal landclearing|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/apr/08/nsw-government-abandoned-land-clearing-investigation-into-company-linked-to-angus-taylor|access-date=2019-07-30|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=30 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730030438/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/apr/08/nsw-government-abandoned-land-clearing-investigation-into-company-linked-to-angus-taylor|url-status=live}} When questioned concerning his involvement in herbicide use and his subsequent meeting with officials, Taylor informed parliament that he was discussing "long and detailed concerns" on native grass legislation with a farmer in Yass on 21 February 2017, whereas parliamentary records instead show that Taylor was in Sydney participating in a High Value Data Roundtable discussion. Environment minister Josh Frydenberg sought urgent information about an investigation by his department against a company in which Taylor and his relatives held an interest.{{Cite news|last1=Cox|first1=Lisa|last2=Davies|first2=Anne|date=2019-10-14|title=Frydenberg sought 'urgent' details on Angus Taylor grasslands investigation|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/oct/15/frydenberg-sought-urgent-details-on-angus-taylor-grasslands-investigation|access-date=2019-11-25|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=9 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209031900/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/oct/15/frydenberg-sought-urgent-details-on-angus-taylor-grasslands-investigation|url-status=live}} Jam Land, part owned by Taylor and his family, was under investigation for alleged illegal clearing of grasslands at the time. About 30 hectares of the critically endangered grassland known as the natural temperate grassland of the south eastern highlands had been allegedly poisoned at a property in Delegate, New South Wales, in late 2016. Frydenberg canvassed whether protections for a critically endangered grassland at the centre of the compliance action could be watered down and if it could be kept secret.{{Cite news|last1=Cox|first1=Lisa|last2=Davies|first2=Anne|date=2019-06-20|title=Labor demands Angus Taylor and Josh Frydenberg explain 'shocking allegations of misconduct'|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jun/20/labor-demands-angus-taylor-and-josh-frydenberg-explain-allegations-of-misconduct|access-date=2019-11-25|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=26 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126203601/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jun/20/labor-demands-angus-taylor-and-josh-frydenberg-explain-allegations-of-misconduct|url-status=live}}
• Forged document controversy: In October 2019, Taylor was accused of having forged{{Cite web|date=2020-02-06|title=Probe into alleged use of forged documents by Energy Minister dropped|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-06/angus-taylor-clover-moore-investigation-dropped-by-afp/11937906|access-date=2020-07-08|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=3 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303222033/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-06/angus-taylor-clover-moore-investigation-dropped-by-afp/11937906|url-status=live}} a City of Sydney Council document and providing that document to The Daily Telegraph. The incident stemmed from a letter the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore wrote to the Minister, asking him to declare "a climate emergency." In his reply, Taylor criticised her own department's travel – claiming that the City of Sydney Council spent $15.9 million on travel for the 2017–18 period, which he attributed to an annual report document available on the council's website. Moore responded publicly, saying the figures had been altered as the actual annual report showed they had spent less than $6,000 in travel expenses, and that no report with the figures given by Taylor had ever existed.{{cite web|last1=Stayner|first1=Tom|date=28 November 2019|title=Scott Morrison corrects misstep over Angus Taylor defence|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/scott-morrison-corrects-misstep-over-angus-taylor-defence|access-date=17 December 2019|publisher=SBS World News|archive-date=17 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217180054/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/scott-morrison-corrects-misstep-over-angus-taylor-defence|url-status=live}} It was later revealed through freedom of information that Taylor had been informed almost immediately after he reported the figures on 30 September that they were incorrect,{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/02/angus-taylor-v-clover-moore-whatsapp-messages-reveal-panic-as-ministers-staff-realised-figures-were-wrong|title=Angus Taylor v Clover Moore: WhatsApp messages reveal panic as minister's staff realised figures were wrong|last=Davies|first=Anne|date=2 November 2020|work=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317040319/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/02/angus-taylor-v-clover-moore-whatsapp-messages-reveal-panic-as-ministers-staff-realised-figures-were-wrong|archive-date=17 March 2023|url-status=live}} though did nothing to correct the mistake until 22 October 2019, when he apologised to Moore for the incorrect figures. Taylor and his representatives, however, continued to insist the document was obtained from the Council website, despite evidence to the contrary from archived versions of it on Trove.{{cite web|date=13 November 2019|title=Labor pressures Angus Taylor over 'doctored figures' in Clover Moore letter|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/labor-pressures-angus-taylor-over-doctored-figures-in-clover-moore-letter|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206175354/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/labor-pressures-angus-taylor-over-doctored-figures-in-clover-moore-letter|archive-date=6 February 2020|publisher=SBS World News}} Metadata showed the version of the document on the website has been unchanged since November 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/may/24/angus-taylor-and-the-doctored-document-mystery-it-took-us-about-30-seconds-to-realise-it-was-a-fake|title=Angus Taylor and the doctored document mystery: 'It took us about 30 seconds to realise it was a fake'|last1=Cassidy|first1=Caitlan|last2=Marshall|first2=Nikki|date=24 May 2023|work=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523204417/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/may/24/angus-taylor-and-the-doctored-document-mystery-it-took-us-about-30-seconds-to-realise-it-was-a-fake|archive-date=23 May 2023|url-status=live}} Further, data from the website shows there were no downloads of the document during the time period Taylor's office alleged they had accessed the version with the incorrect figures. The matter was referred to NSW Police for investigation by the Australian Labor Party.{{Cite news|last=Murphy|first=Katharine|date=2019-10-24|title=Labor to refer Angus Taylor to police over forged document used to attack Clover Moore|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/oct/24/labor-to-refer-angus-taylor-to-police-over-forged-document-used-to-attack-clover-moore|access-date=2019-10-27|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=27 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027051551/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/oct/24/labor-to-refer-angus-taylor-to-police-over-forged-document-used-to-attack-clover-moore|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Grattan|first1=Michelle|date=26 November 2019|title=Scott Morrison stands by energy minister Angus Taylor, who faces police probe|url=https://theconversation.com/scott-morrison-stands-by-energy-minister-angus-taylor-who-faces-police-probe-127818|access-date=17 December 2019|website=The Conversation|archive-date=17 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217180103/https://theconversation.com/scott-morrison-stands-by-energy-minister-angus-taylor-who-faces-police-probe-127818|url-status=live}} On 26 November 2019, NSW Police announced that they had commenced an investigation.{{cite web|last1=Snape|first1=Jack|date=26 November 2019|title=Scott Morrison stands by Angus Taylor amid NSW Police investigation into Clover Moore travel documents|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-26/angus-taylor-clover-moore-fraudulent-documentation-investigation/11734708|access-date=26 November 2019|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|archive-date=26 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126051440/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-26/angus-taylor-clover-moore-fraudulent-documentation-investigation/11734708|url-status=live}} Despite calls from the opposition for Taylor to be stood down during the investigation, Prime Minister Scott Morrison stated there was "no action required" on his behalf. During the NSW Police investigation, Morrison made a phone call to NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller, with whom he had a prior relationship as neighbours. Both men refused to give details or recordings of the call, although Fuller did say that Morrison did not ask any inappropriate questions, and was only given information that was already in the media release. Former anti-corruption judge David Ipp said the call appeared to be an attempt by Morrison to influence the investigation.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/28/pms-phone-call-to-police-chief-an-inappropriate-attempt-to-use-position-former-top-judge-says|title=PM's phone call to police chief an inappropriate attempt to use position, former top judge says|work=The Guardian|date=28 November 2019|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303042602/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/28/pms-phone-call-to-police-chief-an-inappropriate-attempt-to-use-position-former-top-judge-says|url-status=live}} On 1 January 2020, the investigation was referred to the Australian Federal Police (AFP).{{cite web|last1=Greenbank|first1=Amy|last2=Nguyen|first2=Kevin|last3=Snape|first3=Jack|date=3 January 2020|title=NSW Police refers Angus Taylor investigation to Australian Federal Police|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-02/angus-taylor-investigation-referred-to-afp/11837218|access-date=6 February 2020|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|archive-date=6 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206111417/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-02/angus-taylor-investigation-referred-to-afp/11837218|url-status=live}} On 6 February 2020, the AFP announced that they would not continue to pursue an investigation into the origin of the document as it was determined there was no evidence to be found.{{cite web|last1=Doran|first1=Matthew|date=6 February 2020|title=AFP drops Angus Taylor investigation over his use of allegedly forged documents in attack on Clover Moore|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-06/angus-taylor-clover-moore-investigation-dropped-by-afp/11937906|access-date=6 February 2020|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|archive-date=6 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206080226/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-06/angus-taylor-clover-moore-investigation-dropped-by-afp/11937906|url-status=live}} Moore lodged a formal complaint with the Australian Press Council over The Daily Telegraph article.{{Cite web|last=Crowe|first=David|date=2019-10-23|title='Conspiracy theory': Taylor accused of relying on fake documents to attack Moore|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/conspiracy-theory-taylor-accused-of-relying-on-fake-documents-to-attack-moore-20191024-p533pk.html|access-date=2020-07-01|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|archive-date=2 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702214128/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/conspiracy-theory-taylor-accused-of-relying-on-fake-documents-to-attack-moore-20191024-p533pk.html|url-status=live}}

• "Well done Angus" meme: Taylor made headlines during the 2019 election campaign when, on 1 May, he posted an article regarding a commitment to building car parks in a neighbouring electorate held by the Labor Party, then there appeared a comment from Taylor saying "Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus."{{Cite web|date=2019-05-01|title='Well done Angus': MP mercilessly trolled|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/federal-election-2019-live-coverage-of-day-22-of-the-election-campaign/live-coverage/3f299779d85ec2ad992cec80c180d3f3|access-date=2019-05-04|publisher=News.com.au|language=en|archive-date=4 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504021930/https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/federal-election-2019-live-coverage-of-day-22-of-the-election-campaign/live-coverage/3f299779d85ec2ad992cec80c180d3f3|url-status=live}} Taylor was mocked on social media for the act, and it was suggested Taylor or one of his staff were deliberately making positive remarks using false accounts.{{Cite web|date=2019-05-02|title=People Are Trolling Angus Taylor After He Was Caught Praising Himself on FB|url=https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/people-are-trolling-angus-taylor-after-he-was-caught-praising-himself-on-fb/|access-date=2019-05-04|publisher=Pedestrian TV|language=en-US|archive-date=4 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504021932/https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/people-are-trolling-angus-taylor-after-he-was-caught-praising-himself-on-fb/|url-status=live}}
• Naomi Wolf conflict: In his 2013 maiden parliamentary speech, Taylor stated he first encountered "political correctness" in 1991 at Oxford University when "a young Naomi Wolf lived a couple of doors down the corridor. Several graduate students ... decided we should abandon the Christmas tree in the common room because some people might be offended." Taylor went on to say democratic rights were being "chipped away by shrill elitist voices".{{Cite web|title=ParlInfo – Governor General's Speech : Address-in-Reply|url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22chamber/hansardr/5c41e365-7ca7-47aa-a810-1c6e44b75e5e/0096%22|access-date=2019-12-05|website=parlinfo.aph.gov.au|archive-date=2 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202065402/https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22chamber/hansardr/5c41e365-7ca7-47aa-a810-1c6e44b75e5e/0096%22|url-status=live}} In 2019, after part of the speech was shared online, Wolf noted Taylor's recollection of her was not possible as she left Oxford in 1988, and rejected any implication she opposed Christmas trees as she "loves Christmas". She described his reference to "elites" as "antisemitic dogwhistling." A spokesman for Taylor said he never stated Wolf was one of the graduates against the Christmas tree.{{cite news|last=Zhou|first=Naaman|date=2 December 2019|title=Naomi Wolf accuses Angus Taylor of 'antisemitic dogwhistle' and false claim about Oxford University|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/02/naomi-wolf-accuses-angus-taylor-antisemitism-false-claim-about-oxford-university|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204114559/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/02/naomi-wolf-accuses-angus-taylor-antisemitism-false-claim-about-oxford-university|url-status=live}} Taylor denied any form of antisemitism and demanded an apology from her over the claim, stating the accusation was offensive as he had a Jewish grandparent.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-05|title=Naomi Wolf and Angus Taylor in dispute over claims made in maiden speech|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-05/naomi-wolf-and-angus-taylor-in-dispute-over-maiden-speech/11771340|access-date=2019-12-05|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=5 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205111552/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-05/naomi-wolf-and-angus-taylor-in-dispute-over-maiden-speech/11771340|url-status=live}}
• Electricity Price Rise Delayed: Before the 2022 election, Taylor reportedly ordered the Australian Energy Regulator to delay their announcement of the Default Market Offer by several weeks.{{Cite news|last=Hannam|first=Peter|date=2022-05-24|title=Coalition delayed news that electricity prices are set to rise until after federal election|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/25/coalition-delayed-news-that-electricity-prices-are-set-to-rise-until-after-federal-election|access-date=2023-02-06|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206003039/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/25/coalition-delayed-news-that-electricity-prices-are-set-to-rise-until-after-federal-election|url-status=live}} The announcement indicated that benchmark electricity prices would rise up to 18.3%.{{Cite news|date=2022-05-25|title=Lydia's power bill is going up. It adds to rising fuel prices and rate hikes|language=en-AU|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-26/benchmark-power-prices-electricity-bills-to-soar-australia/101098128|access-date=2023-02-06|archive-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206003037/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-26/benchmark-power-prices-electricity-bills-to-soar-australia/101098128|url-status=live}} Incoming energy minister Chris Bowen accused Taylor of having ordered the delay to increase the Coalition's chances at the election.{{Cite web|last=Toscano|first=Mike Foley, Nick|date=2022-05-26|title=Power bills set to spike as global energy crunch hits home|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/power-bills-set-to-spike-as-global-energy-crunch-hits-home-20220525-p5aojp.html|access-date=2023-02-06|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|archive-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206003037/https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/power-bills-set-to-spike-as-global-energy-crunch-hits-home-20220525-p5aojp.html|url-status=live}}
• Opposition to the Voice: Taylor and fellow Liberal MP Andrew Hastie caused controversy after misquoting former High Court Justices Robert French and Kenneth Hayne regarding the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum.{{cite news|last1=Latimore|first1=Jack|title=Coalition MPs under fire over misquoting former High Court judges on Voice|url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/coalition-mps-under-fire-over-misquoting-former-high-court-judges-on-voice-20230605-p5de32.html|access-date=6 June 2023|work=The Age|location=Melbourne|date=6 June 2023|archive-date=6 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606094520/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/coalition-mps-under-fire-over-misquoting-former-high-court-judges-on-voice-20230605-p5de32.html|url-status=live}}

He declared his candidacy for the 2025 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, following Peter Dutton's loss in the 2025 election.Crowley, Tom (4 May 2025). [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-04/liberal-leadership-four-contenders-federal-election-2025/105250010 No clear frontrunner as Liberals weigh Dutton replacement] ABC News. Retrieved on 4 May 2025McIlroy, Tom (3 May 2025). [https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/03/coalition-leadership-race-angus-taylor-sussan-ley-federal-election-2025 Angus Taylor and Sussan Ley frontrunners to lead Coalition after federal election ‘bloodbath’] The Guardian. Retrieved on 4 May 2025{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Tina |title=Angus Taylor to go head to head with Sussan Ley for the leadership of the Liberal Party |url=https://7news.com.au/news/angus-taylor-to-go-head-to-head-with-sussan-ley-for-the-leadership-of-the-liberal-party-c-18635546 |access-date=9 May 2025 |agency=7 News |date=9 May 2025}} He would lose 25 votes to 29 votes to Sussan Ley.

Taylor has published reports as part of the ANZ Bank Insight series. The first of these, Earth, Fire, Wind and Water – Economic Opportunity and the Australian Commodities Cycle, focused on the opportunities and challenges faced by Australia's commodity exporters in the face of the commodities boom, and was described as a "landmark report" by The Australian.{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/decades-of-wealth-from-boom-as-commodities-exports-forecast-to-hit-480bn/story-fn59niix-1226132689353#sthash.M3YytdXC.dpuf|title=Decades of wealth from boom as commodities exports forecast to hit $480bn|work=The Australian|date=9 September 2011|author=Murdoch, Scott|access-date=20 June 2014|archive-date=4 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204091937/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/decades-of-wealth-from-boom-as-commodities-exports-forecast-to-hit-480bn/story-fn59niix-1226132689353#sthash.M3YytdXC.dpuf|url-status=live}} The second was Greener Pastures – The Soft Commodity Opportunity for Australia and New Zealand, arguing that a soft commodity boom was taking over from the hard commodity boom.{{cn|date=May 2025}} Other reports and articles include The Future for Freight, focused on reform in the freight transport sector, and "More to Nation Building than Big Bucks", critiquing the Labor Government's comparison between its National Broadband Network and the Snowy Mountain Scheme.{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/more-to-nation-building-than-big-bucks/story-e6frg6zo-1225928031275|title=More to Nation Building than Big Bucks|work=The Australian|date=23 September 2010|author=Taylor, Angus|access-date=5 August 2014}}

In February 2013, Taylor authored the report, "A proposal to reduce the cost of electricity to Australian electricity users" while a director at Port Jackson Partners. The report said that the Coalition could immediately drop the renewable energy target entirely and save up to A$3.2 billion by 2020 and still meet emissions reduction targets.{{cite web|work=RenewEconomy|title=The dangerous thinking behind the Coalition renewable energy policy|url=http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/the-dangerous-thinking-behind-coalition-renewable-energy-policy-84896|date=29 August 2013|access-date=10 June 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714130351/http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/the-dangerous-thinking-behind-coalition-renewable-energy-policy-84896|url-status=live}}

Taylor was a member of a taskforce asked by the Victorian Government to investigate the development of a coal seam gas industry in the state. Reporting in November 2013, the report found that Victoria should promote the production of additional and largely on-shore gas supply. The taskforce was headed by former federal Liberal minister Peter Reith with other members representing energy companies, associated industries and lobby groups.{{cite news|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|title=Victorian Premier Denis Napthine won't be pressured into making coal seam gas decision|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-06/victorian-premier-denis-napthine-won27t-be-pressured-into-maki/5073310?section=vic|date=7 November 2013|access-date=15 May 2014|archive-date=17 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517154331/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-06/victorian-premier-denis-napthine-won27t-be-pressured-into-maki/5073310?section=vic|url-status=live}}

Taylor is an amateur triathlete, he competed in the 2009 ITU Triathlon Age Group World Championship on the Gold Coast representing Australia, placing 36th.{{cite web|title=Angus Taylor triathlon results|url=http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/results/33289/angus_taylor|publisher=triathlon.org|year=2009|access-date=26 June 2016|archive-date=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921151148/http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/results/33289/angus_taylor|url-status=live}}

He resides near {{NSWcity|Goulburn}} on a farm with his wife, Sydney barrister Louise Clegg and their four children.{{cite news|date=4 March 2012|title=Pre-selection race well underway|work=Goulburn Post|url=http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/102007/pre-selection-race-well-underway/|access-date=14 June 2014|archive-date=6 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506133318/http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/102007/pre-selection-race-well-underway/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=14 May 2012|title=Taylor whips Liberal Field|work=Goulburn Post|url=http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/102381/taylor-whips-liberal-field/|access-date=14 June 2014|archive-date=6 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506090659/http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/102381/taylor-whips-liberal-field/|url-status=live}}

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