Senators call for Angus Taylor inquiry over 'clear breaches' in grasslands saga

Coalition denounces call from Labor-Greens dominated Senate committee as 'party political attack'

A Senate committee has recommended the prime minister, Scott Morrison, order an inquiry into the energy minister, Angus Taylor, after it found Taylor "consciously used his position as an MP and minister" to try to influence an investigation into clearing of grasslands at a property he and his family part-own.

The majority of the Labor-Greens dominated committee want the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to investigate the energy minister and treasurer Josh Frydenberg's handling of the grasslands saga after finding it amounted to a major breach of ministerial standards.