Former Labor climate change minister Greg Combet has been picked to head the agency tasked with easing the transition to a renewable energy-fuelled economy.
The ex-union boss will chair the Net-Zero Agency, which the Labor government has established to ensure workers, industries, and communities don’t miss out during the push to reach net-zero carbon emissions.
Combet, who is the chair of IFM Investors and Industry Super Australia, will be joined by 10 other members on the advisory board.
Economists such as Professor Ross Garnaut and Professor Paul Simshauser have been selected, along with the head of the Australian Energy Regulator, Anthea Harris, the president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Michele O’Neil, and Rio Tinto Australia chief Kellie Parker….