• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Angus Taylor

Australian Government

Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction

Angus was elected to Federal parliament in September 2013 as the Member for Hume. Following the 2019 federal election he was appointed Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction. Prior to entering parliament, Angus was a Director at Port Jackson Partners where he was a strategy and business advisor on the resources, agriculture, energy and infrastructure sectors. Before this he was a partner at global consulting firm McKinsey & Co. Angus has a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney. He has a Master of Philosophy in Economics from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. Building on his background in economics, Angus was initially appointed to parliamentary committees on employment, trade and investment, and public accounts. He was also chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties. In February 2016 he was appointed Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister with special responsibility for Cities and Digital Transformation. He was appointed Minister for Law Enforcement and Cyber Security in December 2017. In August 2018 Angus was promoted to Federal Cabinet as Minister for Energy. He lives near Goulburn with his wife Louise and their four children Hamish, Olivia, Adelaide and Richard.

Sessions With Angus Taylor

Wednesday, 11 March

  • 02:10pm - 02:55pm (CST) / -

    Plenary - Ministerial Dialogue: Natural Gas, Economic Development & Reducing Emissions

    Strong production and record numbers of FIDs in 2019 create an outlook for sustained low natural gas prices. Demand trends, especially in Asia, will be key to shaping the international market for gas. Depending on the part of world, gas has been seen as either a lower carbon fuel relative to coal and critical to reducing emissions, or as yet another fossil fuel. How do major producers and consumers of natural gas shape policy to optimize their national interests? How do producing states boost their international competitiveness? How will natural gas play into the fuel mix of the future—and into the race to reduce emissions?