Former Energy Minister Matt Kean to Head Climate Change Authority

The former NSW treasurer ‘understands the folly that walking away from the renewables transition represents for our nation,’ Mr. Albanese said.

Newly appointed chair of the Climate Change Authority Matt Kean, former NSW minister, speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on June 24, 2024. AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed former Liberal NSW state treasurer and energy minister, Matt Kean, to chair the Climate Change Authority.

It came less than a week after Mr. Kean announced his decision to exit the NSW Parliament after 13 years to pursue a “corporate career in the energy sector.”