Genevieve encouraged a discussion with Energy Minister, Angus Taylor

Genevieve Barlow encouraged me to talk with Australia’s Energy Minister, Angus Taylor.

I knew Genevieve decades ago when she worked at Echuca’s Riverine Herald and I at the Shepparton News, and was both surprised and delighted to find that she was an integral part of the group of people working to see Newstead become a town that switched to renewable energy.

Energy Minister, Angus Taylor.

Genevieve answered many of my questions and was happy to be subject of an interview for my podcast “Climate Conversations”. It was after that she suggested I target Mr Taylor for an interview on Climate Conversations.

A couple of days ago I contacted Mr Taylor, or tried to. It’s impossible for a private person to contact Mr Taylor directly and so you must first go though his minders, and if you are approved they will contact you.

This is what I wrote to the Minister’s minders. I have little hope that I will be given access to Mr Taylor or, beyond that, he would be available to meet with me.

I'm eager to talk with Energy Minister, Angus Taylor, for my podcast "Climate Conversations" - my listeners want to hear directly from Mr Taylor his position on energy, what form that energy will take and how does he account for the emissions from whatever energy source he prefers. This would not be a confrontational interview, rather an "informational" interview that would help my subscribers/followers better understand what it is the coalition has planned for ensuring Australia's energy securtity. Thirty minutes with Mr Taylor when he next visits Melbourne would be perfect, but it that was not possible, I could come to Canberra. A little background on me - I'm a former daily newspaper editor, but for the last 15 years I have been closely following the climate change conversation and, subsequently, I set up a small discussion group "Beneath the Wisteria" (so named for that is where we meet) and that spawned a more activist climate change group, "Slap Tomorrow" that works to keep the climate change conversation alive in what is a quite conservative part of Australia. I do hope Mr Taylor can afford me just 30 minutes of his time - thank you