The Guardian, 26 October 2019:
Clover Moore rejects Angus Taylor's explanation of document he used to attack her............ Sydney’s lord mayor has categorically rejected Angus Taylor’s version of how he came to rely on
inaccurate figures of the council’s travel spending to attack her, saying “there were no alternative versions of the document” on
the council’s website at any time.
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from Labor. (RMIT ABC Fact Check), 24 October 2019
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The Guardian at 4:05pm on 24 October 2019 reported that Labor will refer the matter of the alleged false documents used by Minister for Energy Angus Taylor to the police under Sect 253 of the Crimes Act 1900 if the federal government doesn't do so within 24 hours.
The Guardian, 23 October 2019:
Angus Taylor baselessly accused Sydney’s lord mayor of driving
up carbon emissions by spending $15m on travel, a claim that was
later backed up with a doctored council document provided to the
Daily Telegraph, which reported the figure.
On 30 September, the Telegraph reported on page three that the
“City of Sydney Council’s outlay on flights outstrips that of
Australia’s foreign ministers”.
“City of Sydney Council’s outlay on flights outstrips that of
Australia’s foreign ministers”.
The story quoted a letter sent by Taylor to the mayor, Clover
Moore, saying the council’s annual report for 2017-18 “shows
your council spent $1.7m on international travel and $14.2m
on domestic travel”, contrasting the spending with Moore’s
declaration of a climate emergency in June.
Moore, saying the council’s annual report for 2017-18 “shows
your council spent $1.7m on international travel and $14.2m
on domestic travel”, contrasting the spending with Moore’s
declaration of a climate emergency in June.
City of Sydney’s publicly available annual report shows
councillors spent $1,727.77 on overseas travel and $4,206.32
on domestic travel.
In total, the council spent $229,000 on travel during 2017-18,
under its $300,000 budget.After the story was published, Moore
vigorously disputed the figures on Twitter. In subsequent emails
between the Telegraph and Moore’s office, the paper justified the
figures using a document supplied by Taylor’s office, purporting
to be the council’s annual report.
councillors spent $1,727.77 on overseas travel and $4,206.32
on domestic travel.
In total, the council spent $229,000 on travel during 2017-18,
under its $300,000 budget.After the story was published, Moore
vigorously disputed the figures on Twitter. In subsequent emails
between the Telegraph and Moore’s office, the paper justified the
figures using a document supplied by Taylor’s office, purporting
to be the council’s annual report.
But the document provided to the Telegraph shows wildly different
figures, which appeared in a strange format unlike the one used
elsewhere in the annual report.
figures, which appeared in a strange format unlike the one used
elsewhere in the annual report.
It is unclear who altered the document. There is no suggestion
that Taylor himself was responsible.
that Taylor himself was responsible.
The council is adamant that it did not alter the figures. It said it
had checked the metadata to establish that the report had not
been changed on its website since being posted in November
2018.
had checked the metadata to establish that the report had not
been changed on its website since being posted in November
2018.
The Daily Telegraph & ANGUS TAYLOR ‼️— 💧 Sleeping Giants Oz 📣 (@slpng_giants_oz) October 23, 2019
3 options you could be:
STUPID
DISHONEST
BOTH
No one expects any better from the Murdoch Press then again no expects any better from Angus Taylor just waiting for his next sleazy deal.#Auspol
Link to full story: https://t.co/3mZTUud5oN pic.twitter.com/b6PGDdJfMR
The Guardian, 24 August 2019:
Angus Taylor did not declare at a meeting with environment
officials about critically endangered grasslands that he had
a financial interest in a company that was under investigation
for poisoning them.
officials about critically endangered grasslands that he had
a financial interest in a company that was under investigation
for poisoning them.
And no notes were taken by the senior department official
who attended the meeting in 2017, a Senate committee has
heard.
who attended the meeting in 2017, a Senate committee has
heard.
Officials from the environment and energy department gave
the evidence at a special hearing of the Senate’s inquiry into
the extinction crisis on Friday....
the evidence at a special hearing of the Senate’s inquiry into
the extinction crisis on Friday....
ABC News, 20 August 2019:
New figures show Australia's carbon emissions are continuing
to climb despite Federal Government assurances it has the
policy framework to address climate change.
to climb despite Federal Government assurances it has the
policy framework to address climate change.
In the year to March, emissions rose 0.6 per cent on the previous
year, according to data released by Energy and Emissions
Reduction Minister Angus Taylor......
year, according to data released by Energy and Emissions
Reduction Minister Angus Taylor......
The Guardian, 2 May 2019:
The energy minister, Angus Taylor, has denied he played a role
in structuring the company which received an $80m government
buyback of its water rights through the tax haven of the Cayman Islands.
in structuring the company which received an $80m government
buyback of its water rights through the tax haven of the Cayman Islands.
Taylor, who was a director of Eastern Australia Agriculture between
2008 and 2009 and who described himself as a co-founder of the
company, told ABC Radio National on Thursday morning he was
involved only in advising on the agricultural side of the investment.
2008 and 2009 and who described himself as a co-founder of the
company, told ABC Radio National on Thursday morning he was
involved only in advising on the agricultural side of the investment.
He said he severed all involvement in the company prior to being
elected to parliament.
elected to parliament.
EAA was paid $80m for its overland flow water rights without
tender in 2017 when Barnaby Joyce was agriculture minister......
tender in 2017 when Barnaby Joyce was agriculture minister......
