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Morning News: Energy minister rejects claim he 'forged' document

Energy Minister Angus Taylor said he was told the documents were straight from the City of Sydney's website.

Energy Minister Angus Taylor said he was told the documents were straight from the City of Sydney's website. Source: AAP

Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor has rejected claims he fabricated a document used to criticise Sydney's lord mayor as a "conspiracy theory".


Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor says he was advised a document he used to blast Sydney's lord mayor was lifted directly from her council's website.

Amid what is being described as his 'Utegate' moment, Mr Taylor refused to shed more light during parliamentary question time on the claims by Labor he forged the document.

In a letter to Lord Mayor Clover Moore, Mr Taylor criticised her for hypocritically driving up carbon emissions by spending over $15 million in council money on domestic and international travel.


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