2025 Federal Election Address

by the Hon Angus Taylor MP, Shadow Treasurer

In a first for Queensland ahead of this year's federal election, Business Chamber Queensland, in partnership with Australian Retirement Trust and QUT, will host the Hon Angus Taylor MP, Shadow Federal Treasurer, at Blackbird in Brisbane on Wednesday, 26 February.

The Shadow Treasurer will outline the Coalition’s election platform and its plans to back business if they win government later this year.

With productivity, workforce pressures, red tape and rising costs among the burning issues for Queensland businesses, this is an opportunity to hear first-hand from the Shadow Treasurer on what the Coalition’s business and economic priorities mean for you.

Event details:
Date: Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Time: 12-2pm
Venue: Blackbird, Riverside Centre, 123 Eagle St, Brisbane City

Ticket options:

Single ticket:

Business Chamber Queensland member price: $195+gst

Non-member price: $275+gst

Table of 10:

Business Chamber Queensland member price: $1800+gst

Non-member price: $2650+gst

For members only: Click on 'discount code' on the registration page and enter the email address associated with your Business Chamber Queensland membership and hit 'apply'. This will apply member discount. Please contact the Business Chamber Queensland's marketing team at marketing@businesschamberqld.com.au for any assistance.

For non-members: If you are purchasing a table of 10 through our special offer, our membership team will be in touch shortly.

Tickets are non-refundable. Ticket prices are excluding GST. Terms and conditions apply. See here

About The Hon Angus Taylor MP

Shadow Treasurer and Member for Hume

Angus entered politics in 2013 when he was elected as the Liberal Federal Member for Hume in New South Wales.

Building on his background in economics, Angus was appointed to parliamentary committees on employment, trade and investment, and public accounts. He was also chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties.

Angus was promoted to Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister with special responsibility for Cities and Digital Transformation in February 2016. He was reappointed to the frontbench after the 2016 Federal election and became Minister for Law Enforcement and Cyber Security in December 2017.

Angus was promoted to Cabinet as the Minister for Energy in August 2018, and reappointed as the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction in May 2019. In October 2022 Angus added the Industry portfolio to his duties, serving as the Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction until May 2022.

In June 2022 Angus was appointed as the Shadow Treasurer.

Prior to entering parliament in 2013 Angus was a Director at Port Jackson Partners where he was a strategy and business advisor on the resources, agriculture, energy and infrastructure sectors. Prior to this he was a partner at global consulting firm McKinsey & Co.

Angus has a Bachelor of Economics (First Class Honours and University Medal) and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Sydney. He also has a Master of Philosophy in Economics from Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. His thesis was in the field of competition policy.

In his private capacity Angus has founded or advised on a number of small, fast growing start-up businesses, particularly in the agriculture sector.

He lives at Goulburn with his wife Louise. They have four children.

Event partners

Australian Retirement Trust is one of Australia's largest super funds. Close to 2.4 million Australians trust us to take care of over $300 billion of their retirement savings. We're here to help our members retire well with confidence, focused on strong long-term investment returns, lower fees and the information and access to advice our members need to manage their super and retirement.

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a major Australian university with a truly global outlook. Home to nearly 50,000 students, QUT is providing real-world infrastructure, learning and teaching, and graduate skills to the next generation of change-makers.