Former Fair Work Commission President Iain Ross will replace outgoing chair Greg Combet at the Net Zero Economy Agency.
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Greg Combet new chair of Future Fund
Greg Combet has been appointed to lead Australia’s sovereign wealth fund.
Combet to head South Australia’s automotive recovery
By Paul Hemsley After retiring from politics at the September 2013 federal election, former Minister for Industry and Innovation Greg Combet has found a new role right up his alley…
Holden’s subsidy demand spells more doubt for fleet buyers
By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley Australian public sector fleet buyers are facing fresh uncertainty over the future of General Motors Holden’s domestic manufacturing operations Australia after the carmaker reportedly…
Prime Minister’s protectors reverse over Ford
By Julian Bajkowski Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her erstwhile Industry Minister Greg Combet might want local governments to buy Australian-made vehicles to support the domestic manufacturing, but it's…
PM burns rubber on campaign for councils to buy Australian cars
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Local governments have come under direct pressure from Prime Minister Julia Gillard to use ratepayer’s money to buy Australian vehicles for their fleets to…
Combet blasts councils for buying too many foreign cars
By Paul Hemsley Federal Minister for Industry and Innovation Greg Combet has attacked state and local governments for not buying enough Australian-made cars for their vehicle fleets, suggesting that 70…
Boeing Australia expands local R&D effort
By Paul Hemsley Federal Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation Greg Combet has officially opened a research and development centre in Port Melbourne, Victoria for aerospace company Boeing –…
Combet moves to measure fugitive CSG
By Julian Bajkowski The Federal Government has moved to start overhauling the way greenhouse gasses released into the atmosphere from highly controversial coal seam gas (CSG) sites are measured and…
Businesses funded to reduce emissions
Australian businesses will receive federal government grants to find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The government will use the $200 million Clean Technology Innovation Program to distribute grants on…
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