1. Matthew John Kean was born on 16 September 1981 and is a former Australian politician who is the Chair of the Climate Change Authority.
19 Facts About Matt Kean
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Matt Kean was the Minister for Energy between April 2019 and March 2023 and was the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party from August 2022 until March 2023.
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Matt Kean represented Hornsby for the party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2024.
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Matt Kean grew up in the Berowra area and was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview before attaining a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology, Sydney.
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Matt Kean later completed a graduate diploma at the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
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Matt Kean has been a member of the Liberal Party since 2001, and in 2008, he was elected vice-president of the NSW Young Liberals.
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Matt Kean subsequently worked for Catherine Cusack MLC as an adviser while she was shadow minister for Juvenile Justice and Women.
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Matt Kean won endorsement and Berman announced his decision to resign from the Liberal Party and run against Matt Kean as an independent candidate at the 2011 State election.
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At the election, Matt Kean was elected; however, the party suffered a swing of 3.5 points.
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Matt Kean won the seat with 62.1 per cent of the two-party vote, with Berman being his main rival.
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Matt Kean used his inaugural speech to call on the government to spend as much money on suicide prevention campaigns as it does on road safety campaigns.
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Matt Kean has hosted an annual Youth Forum in conjunction with Black Dog institute that aimed at educating students and teachers about issues relating to mental health; and has successfully campaigned for the construction of a new mental health inpatient facility in Hornsby.
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The Berejiklian ministry was formed, with Matt Kean sworn in as the Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, with effect from 30 January 2017.
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In one of his first acts as Energy Minister, Matt Kean appointed former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull inaugural chair of the government's net zero emissions advisory board.
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One week later Matt Kean sacked Turnbull from the role, with Turnbull claiming Matt Kean was pressured by right-wing media to do so.
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Matt Kean was selected by Perrottet to succeed him as Treasurer of New South Wales, and was sworn in on 5 October 2021.
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Matt Kean has been described as a moderate Liberal, and is considered to be the leader of the moderate faction of the New South Wales Liberals.
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On 24 June 2024 Matt Kean was appointed chair of the Climate Change Authority by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, working to provide advice to the Australian federal government about climate policy.
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Since becoming the chair of the Climate Change Authority Matt Kean has publicly admitted that he is a skeptic of nuclear power generation, which the federal opposition Coalition is advocating for.