Article 3YH8Y Tony Abbott targets renewables subsidies in latest energy intervention

Tony Abbott targets renewables subsidies in latest energy intervention

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Katharine Murphy Political editor
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Another outspoken conservative, Craig Kelly, wants to know what exactly is the Liberal's policy on the Paris climate agreement

Tony Abbott has reignited his push to scrap subsidies for renewable energy, taking on the new energy minister, Angus Taylor, at his first meeting of the government's backbench energy and environment committee on Tuesday.

Sources at Tuesday's meeting have told Guardian Australia that the former prime minister, who joined the backbench committee as a voting member just before Malcolm Turnbull was deposed as part of efforts to sink the national energy guarantee, asked a number of questions about the future of subsidies for renewable energy, both for rooftop solar and the renewable energy target - but Taylor was not drawn.

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