Former energy minister Angus Taylor has accused Labor of 'demonising' gas companies in the country and suggested senior members of the party “wanted to ban the BBQ' before the Federal Election.
Wholesale energy costs across the east coast of Australia have been inflated amid a cold snap, ageing coal-fired power stations being taken offline and the war in Ukraine.
Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor has accused Labor of"demonising" gas companies amid Australia's energy crisis. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Mariuz “We did that with the work we did with Narrabri, investment in extra pipeline capacity, investment in storages down in Victoria. Mr Taylor then suggested senior members of the Labor Party “wanted to ban the BBQ" before the election last month.“Ged Kearney was getting around her electorate handing out flyers wanting to ban the BBQ,” he said."A good illustration of this is the opposition for a long period of time to the Kurri Kurri gas generator. It was only under enormous pressure they turned around on this.”