Josh Frydenberg backs Angus Taylor's account of grasslands meeting

Former environment minister says Taylor had disclosed family interest in grasslands case before controversial meeting

Former federal environment minister Josh Frydenberg has defended setting up a departmental meeting for fellow minister Angus Taylor in March 2017 on laws to protect critically endangered native grasslands when he knew that Taylor had an interest in a company that was under investigation for breaching those very same laws.

Frydenberg backed Taylor's version of events, namely that Taylor had told the then-environment minister about his personal interest and that of his family when he requested the meeting.