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Former NSW Liberal minister Matt Kean has been appointed the next chair of the Climate Change Authority. “I’m pleased to announce cabinet has agreed to appoint the honourable Matt Kean as chair of the Climate Change Authority,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told media. “The climate Change Authority is an independent statutory body that provides advice to government on how we can provide the cheapest and cleanest power to Australians.
“And I am so pleased that he has accepted the government’s invitation to take up the vacancy. “Mr. Kean understands the opportunity that the transition to clean energy represents for our nation. “He understood it as a member of the New South Wales government, and he understands it as someone who has focused his working life in recent years on making a difference, not just today, but for the generations to come.
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