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Matt Kean

Matt Kean

Matt Kean is chair of the Climate Change Authority. He previously served as NSW’s Liberal treasurer.

Sussan Ley showed fortitude under pressure from National Party leader David Littleproud.

Physics of the atmosphere will ignore atmospherics of Australian politicians

Abandoning 2050 as the target time to reach carbon neutrality is the wrong move – and it will raise the cost of shifting to renewable energy.

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Wet weather has arrived in Sydney.

Forecasting wild weather just got more difficult, thanks to Donald Trump

Globally connected early warning systems help us prepare for extreme weather events. Now those systems are under a cloud.

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A helicopter drops water as the Palisades fire grows near the Mandeville Canyon neighbourhood and Encino.

Why the LA fires should spark economic alarm in Australia

The Californian infernos should remind Australia’s leaders about the enormous costs of not acting to mitigate the effects of climate change.

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Liberal leader Peter Dutton wants nuclear power to be part of Australia’s energy mix.

Dutton’s nuclear plan stops decarbonisation, punishes consumers and hurts the economy

A system built on renewables will lead to lower power prices compared with nuclear. It would take an astonishing leap of faith to suggest otherwise.

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Taxpayers’ money to burn on coal? The life of the Eraring power station, which had been due to close in 2025, may be extended.

Minns reckons ‘CoalKeeper’ will keep our lights on. They weren’t going out

Premier Chris Minns is preparing to squander about $3 billion of taxpayers’ money to extend the life of the coal-fired Eraring power station.

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Then premier Gladys Berejiklian with Matt Kean, her environment minister, in 2020.

The ICAC failed Gladys. We need this watchdog but we must change it

Do we really want the state’s independent watchdog making serious findings based on its interpretations of the evolution of someone’s love life?

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Liberal MPs Dave Sharma, Katie Allen, Trent Zimmerman and Jason Falinski all pushed Prime Minister Scott Morrison to include a net zero emissions by 2050 pledge as part of his climate policy.

Think again about that teal protest vote: you risk stripping the Liberals of progressive MPs who change the nation

The NSW treasurer writes that Australian voters should consider the US Republican Party and the damage done to centre-right parties when their progressive voices are removed - the likes of Liberal MPs who have stood up for climate action and LGBTQ rights.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison, in an emotional press conference last week, said he was open to the idea of quotas.

Quotas for women are long overdue in Liberal Party

The Liberal Party has tried to improve female representation without quotas and it hasn’t worked. It’s time we changed.

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Matt Kean

Australians have spoken on climate, so there's no excuse to look backwards

The NSW Energy and Environment Minister calls on Australia's governments to deliver the transition to a low-carbon economy that the vast majority of citizens want, according to new research.

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