Mathias Cormann talks up green recovery as part of his pitch to lead OECD

The outgoing finance minister in 2016 said Australia’s economy was ‘in better shape because we scrapped Labor’s carbon tax’The outgoing finance minister, Mathias Cormann, has talked up the importance of pursuing “a green recovery with an increased reliance on renewables” in remarks to a business conference organised by the German government.Cormann – who publicly celebrated the repeal of Labor’s carbon price as part of the incoming Abbott government – is serving out his last weeks in politics before focusing on a campaign to be the next secretary general of the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Related: Mathias Cormann nominated for OECD top job despite its criticism of Coalition’s climate change policy Related: Morrison government 'ignored' Climate Change Authority's advice on Covid recovery Continue reading...