Angus Taylor's Coalition pledges to repeal renewable and emissions policies
Opposition energy spokesman Dan Tehan unveils a bill to scrap safeguard mechanism, nuclear ban and offshore wind zones within 30 days of a Coalition win, drawing accusations of climate denial from Labor and the Greens.
What to know
- Coalition energy spokesman Dan Tehan announced a bill bundling eight policies, to be introduced within 30 days of a Coalition election win, that would scrap the safeguard mechanism, nuclear ban, and four of six offshore wind zones.
- Angus Taylor justified the reversal by saying 'Australia has done its bit' on emissions reduction, despite some measures having been introduced or supported by previous Coalition governments.
- Labor's Chris Bowen and Jim Chalmers, plus independent Monique Ryan and Greens' Mehreen Faruqi, denounced the plan as economically damaging climate denial.
- Online reaction, including from climate commentators, noted the Coalition's affordability-and-reliability framing closely echoes language already used by the Albanese government.
The repeal plan amounts to climate denial that will harm Australians and the economy.
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“Angus Taylor thinks Australia, one of the highest per capita emitters, has done its bit on climate and can now give up. Incredible stuff from someone who once professed to be interested in climate policy. Now he wants to let climate change…”
proftimstephens.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
Taylor's affordability/reliability framing is little different from the government's own techno-solutionist rhetoric, exposing shared complicity in climate inaction.
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“So much of this language is almost indistinguishable from the way Albanese speaks - focusing on free market mechanisms, techno-solutionism, constantly about affordability and reliability and downplaying and dismissing climate”
ketanjoshi.co · Bluesky ↗
Taylor is a weak or poor choice of Liberal leader.
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“The best leader the Liberals could come up with”
nickfeik.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
“They want to take choice away from Australians – remove your ability to take control of your energy bills with a cheaper home battery, and pick a cheaper to run car”
Chris Bowen, Australian Energy Minister · The Guardian ↗ · Sep 22
Angus Taylor Opposition Leader
Dan Tehan Coalition energy spokesperson
Chris Bowen Australian Energy Minister
Jim Chalmers Australian TreasurerMonique Ryan Independent MP for KooyongMehreen Faruqi Acting Greens leader
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Tehan unveils Coalition bill to repeal climate and energy laws — Energy spokesman Dan Tehan announced at an energy forum that a Coalition government would introduce a bill within 30 days of winning the next election, bundling eight previously announced policies including removal of the safeguard mechanism and nuclear prohibition, and revocation of four of six offshore wind zones.
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Climate commentators note rhetorical overlap with Labor
Social media commentary, including from climate analyst Ketan Joshi, pointed out that Taylor's affordability-and-reliability framing closely mirrors language used by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, while other posters mocked the Coalition leadership and Taylor's climate reversal.
“So much of this language is almost indistinguishable from the way Albanese speaks - focusing on free market mechanisms, techno-solutionism, constantly about affordability and reliability and downplaying and dismissing climate…”
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So much of this language is almost indistinguishable from the way Albanese speaks - focusing on free market mechanisms, techno-solutionism, constantly about affordability and reliability and downplaying and dismissing climate
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# Australia Angus Taylor pledges to repeal swathe of climate policies, saying ‘Australia has done its bit’ Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change rip’ https://www. theguardian.com/australia-news…
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Angus Taylor thinks Australia, one of the highest per capita emitters, has done its bit on climate and can now give up. Incredible stuff from someone who once professed to be interested in climate policy. Now he wants to let climate change rip. #auspol
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Ryan and Faruqi brand the plan 'climate denial' — Kooyong MP Monique Ryan and acting Greens leader Mehreen Faruqi criticised the Coalition's reversal, with Faruqi also attacking Labor over resources minister Madeleine King's celebration of the Beetaloo basin opening.
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Bowen and Chalmers call the plan a 'chainsaw' to the economy — Energy minister Chris Bowen said the policy would make Australia 'poorer, weaker and less secure', while treasurer Jim Chalmers labelled it a 'One Nation policy with a Liberal Party sticker on it'.
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Taylor says 'Australia has done its bit' on climate — At a press conference, opposition leader Angus Taylor defended the repeal push, arguing Australia had already contributed enough to emissions reduction and that market-driven technology uptake would continue regardless.
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3 outlets Angus Taylor pledges to repeal swathe of climate policies, saying ‘Australia has done its bit’
first by theguardian.com, 2d ago · also Guardian, Guardian Environment
What people are saying 4 voices from 2 sites · best of 9 · verbatim
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Oh we have done our bit alright... We all punch far far far above what the average emissions per perspn is than pretty.much any other country. Ffs... All these muppets seriously want to leave a wasteland for our grandchildren...
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It's crazy that anyone ever referred to members of the LNP being "the adults in charge". They're all petulant, greedy children.
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Done it's bit in selling coal to the biggest polluters, rejecting EV and other electric infrastructure, defunding it's natural habitat protection schemes, decimating rail transit? Or making sure it's workers are led into believing a renewable energy future is going to result in job losses and leave Australia as a noncompetitve economy? Or the bit…
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https://www. theguardian.com/australia-news /2026/sep/23/angus-taylor-pledges-to-repeal-swathe-of-climate-policies-saying-australia-has-done-its-bit As usual, the Right is bought by fossil fuels companies and billionaires.