Greg Combet

Greg Combet
Minister for Industry and Innovation
In office
14 December 2011 – 26 June 2013
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Preceded byKim Carr
Succeeded byKim Carr
Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
In office
14 September 2010 – 26 June 2013
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Preceded byPenny Wong
Succeeded byMark Butler
Minister for Defence Materiel and Science
In office
9 June 2009 – 14 September 2010
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Julia Gillard
Preceded byWarren Snowdon
Succeeded byJason Clare
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Charlton
In office
24 November 2007 – 5 August 2013
Preceded byKelly Hoare
Succeeded byPat Conroy
7th Secretary of the ACTU
In office
February 2000 – June 2007
PresidentJennie George
Sharan Burrow
Preceded byBill Kelty
Succeeded byJeff Lawrence
Personal details
Born
Gregory Ivan Combet

(1958-04-28) 28 April 1958 (age 66)
Sydney, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
Children1 daughter, 2 stepdaughters, 2 stepsons
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales
University of Sydney
ProfessionTrade unionist,
politician

Gregory Ivan Combet AO (/ˈkɒmb/; born 28 April 1958) is the chairman of Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund. Prior to this he served as chair of the Australian Government Net Zero Economy Agency, overseeing the economic transformation from fossil fuels to renewable energy and net zero emissions.

Combet is an Australian labour movement leader. He is a former Labor politician and Cabinet Minister, former Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, former leader of profit-to-member superannuation funds and chair of investment manager IFM Investors.

Combet holds degrees in Mining Engineering and Economics, has a graduate diploma in Labour Relations and the Law, and has been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of South Australia, the University of Newcastle, and an honorary doctorate of engineering from the University of New South Wales.

He was elected member for the New South Wales Federal seat of Charlton for the Australian Labor Party at the 2007 election and was immediately appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement in the First Rudd Ministry on 3 December 2007. Combet was the Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation in the Second Gillard Ministry[1] before announcing his resignation from the ministry on 26 June 2013[2][3] following Julia Gillard's defeat in a leadership ballot. He previously served as Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, when Penny Wong was the Minister.

He retired from politics at the 2013 election.[4] In 2020, Combet was appointed to the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission to "provide strategic and policy advice" for the Morrison Coalition government.[5]

  1. ^ "Gillard announces her team". Brisbane Times. AAP. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. ^ Griffith, Emma (26 June 2013). "Kevin Rudd defeats Julia Gillard 57-45 in Labor leadership ballot, paving way for a return to PM". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  3. ^ Peatling, Stephanie (26 June 2013). "Politics live: June 26, 2013". The Age. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  4. ^ Federal Labor frontbencher Greg Combet to retire from politics, ABC News, 29 June 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013
  5. ^ "NATIONAL COVID-19 COORDINATION COMMISSION | Prime Minister of Australia".

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