55 Facts About Angus Taylor

Angus Taylor was born on 30 September 1966 and is an Australian politician.

Angus Taylor has been a member of the House of Representatives, since 2013 representing the seat of Hume for the Liberal Party.

Angus Taylor has been shadow treasurer under Peter Dutton since 2022, having previously been a cabinet minister in the Morrison government from 2018 to 2022.

Angus Taylor graduated from the University of Sydney and New College, Oxford, attending the latter as a Rhodes Scholar.

Angus Taylor became an assistant minister in the Turnbull government in 2015, and was appointed Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity in 2017.

Angus Taylor supported Peter Dutton in the 2018 Liberal leadership spills, and was elevated to cabinet after Scott Morrison defeated Dutton for the leadership.

Angus Taylor held office as Minister for Energy, Energy and Emissions Reduction, and Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction.

Angus Taylor was appointed shadow treasurer after the Coalition's defeat at the 2022 election.

Angus Taylor is considered a likely leadership challenger of the Liberal Party in 2025, following Peter Dutton's loss in the 2025 election.

Angus Taylor is a member of the National Right faction of the Liberal Party.

Angus Taylor was born to Anne and Peter Angus Taylor, who raised him and his three brothers on their property Bobingah, a sheep and cattle farm in the foothills of the Australian Alps of New South Wales.

Angus Taylor is of Jewish descent and had a Jewish grandmother.

Angus Taylor's mother died from cancer in 1988 at the age of 48.

Angus Taylor then won a Rhodes Scholarship, and elected to study a Master of Philosophy in Economics at New College, Oxford.

Angus Taylor studied "Smith, Bentham, Burke, Mill, Marshall, Schumpeter, Galbraith, Keynes and Friedman", during his studies he developed an interest in the game theory of John Forbes Nash Jr.

Angus Taylor 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.

Angus 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.

Angus Taylor recommended the 10,600 dairy farmers form a multi-national dairy co-operative.

Angus Taylor returned to Sydney and was made a partner in 1999.

Around this time, Angus Taylor developed a digital agribusiness called Farmshed.

Angus Taylor convinced his employer, McKinsey, to back the project along with Wesfarmers, Rural Press and, later, JB Were and NAB.

Angus Taylor went on to become a director at Port Jackson Partners, an Australian management consulting firm.

Angus Taylor 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.

Eastern Australia Irrigation was co-founded by Angus Taylor and he was a director from 2007 to 2012.

At the time, Angus Taylor reiterated that he was not connected to the company at the time of the water licence transaction, hadn't been since 2009 and had not received any financial benefit from the water purchase.

Angus Taylor manages the Queensland properties Clyde and Kia Ora as well as the Kerry Stokes-owned Cygnet Park on Kangaroo Island.

The Federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment began its own investigation and Angus Taylor met with officers from the Department of Environment.

Angus Taylor first showed an interest in politics when he returned from Oxford, joining the Liberal Party when he was 26.

Angus Taylor 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 Angus Taylor moved to consulting.

About twenty years later, he met John Howard at a Heart Foundation fundraiser where the Prime Minister strongly encouraged Angus Taylor to run for Parliament.

Schultz announced in April 2012 that he would not re-contest the seat of Hume at the 2013 federal election, and Angus Taylor sought and gained Liberal endorsement for the seat of Hume, 26 votes out of 33.

Under Coalition rules, the Nationals were entitled to run a candidate against Angus Taylor, but decided not to.

Angus Taylor joined the Government benches under new Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

Soon into his role as a backbencher, Angus Taylor called for an overhaul to the Renewable energy target, which the Liberal Party had supported up to that point.

Angus Taylor wrote and circulated a paper outlining how many renewable energy projects, in particular wind are increasing electricity costs, and proposed cheaper carbon reduction methods.

Angus Taylor believed in renewables and renewables have been in my blood since the day I was born.

Angus Taylor began working on parliamentary committees on employment, trade and investment growth and public accounts.

Angus Taylor was not given any portfolio by Abbott during this Parliament.

On 18 February 2016 Angus 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.

Angus Taylor faced a pre-selection threat, from Russell Matheson, which was averted.

Angus Taylor's seat was redistributed, making it less regional and more urban, which was thought to favour the Labor Party.

Shortly after the election, Angus Taylor was brought to the front bench as Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity.

Angus Taylor was sworn in as Minister for Energy on 28 August 2018.

Angus Taylor was appointed as Minister for Energy, characterised by Morrison as "Minister for reducing electricity prices".

Angus Taylor's appointment prompted strong criticism from renewable energy advocates.

Locally, Angus Taylor campaigned on his record of low unemployment, growth of 1,040 new businesses and infrastructure investments.

The Morrison government was returned with a stronger majority and Angus Taylor was invited to join the Second Morrison Ministry.

Angus Taylor was sworn in as Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction on 29 May 2019.

Criticism for his performance continued and in October 2019, Angus Taylor was said to be repeating misleading claims about the previous Labor government's poor record on carbon emissions.

Angus Taylor has published reports as part of the ANZ Bank Insight series.

In February 2013, Angus Taylor authored the report, "A proposal to reduce the cost of electricity to Australian electricity users" while a director at Port Jackson Partners.

Angus 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.

Angus Taylor is an amateur triathlete, he competed in the 2009 ITU Triathlon Age Group World Championship on the Gold Coast representing Australia, placing 36th.

Angus Taylor's sister-in-law Bronnie Taylor is a Nationals member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.