The prickly response of Angus Taylor, Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction, to the Business Council of Australia’s abrupt support of a net zero emissions economy by 2050 last week was revealing in one key respect.
The BCA made fully 63 recommendations, yet it was the proposed reform of the Safeguard Mechanism, which forms part of the Emissions Reduction Fund or ERF, that riled Mr Taylor most of all.