APPEA 2026 Conference and Exhibition

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 served in the Turnbull and Morrison government ministries from 2016. In his time as a Minister, Angus served in the portfolios of Cities, Digital Transformation, Law Enforcement, Cyber Security and as Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister.

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 Shadow Treasurer and in May 2025 he took on the role as the Shadow Minister for Defence. Angus was elected Leader of the Opposition in February 2026.

Prior to entering parliament in 2013, Angus had a long private sector career working across the resources, agriculture, energy and infrastructure sectors. Angus founded, scaled and advised on a number of start-up businesses, and worked as a Director at Port Jackson Partners. 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.

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

Presentation details

Plenary 4
Opposition Address
Thursday 21 May 2026
8:30am – 10:15am

Detailed program can be found here.