Angus Taylor taken to task over sudden drop in renewable energy investment

Labor tells clean energy sector it should celebrate reaching 33,000 GWh target despite 'full frontal assault' by Coalition

Angus Taylor has defended the government's record on renewable energy as Labor and the Greens ambushed the minister over a sudden drop in investment in clean energy.

Labor's climate spokesman, Mark Butler, told a Clean Energy Council gathering in Canberra the sector had withstood a "full frontal assault" from the Coalition and "some in the media", while the Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, said the current investment cliff was "no accident" but a deliberate policy of the government.