Matt kean biography

Kean previously served as the Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation from January until March in the first Berejiklian ministry [ 7 ] and as the Minister for Environment from April until December in the second Berejiklian ministry. Prior to entering Parliament, Kean was briefly an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. 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.

In one of his first acts as Energy Minister, Kean appointed former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull inaugural chair of the government's net zero emissions advisory board. One week later Kean sacked Turnbull from the role, with Turnbull claiming Kean was pressured by right-wing media to do so. Matt Kean was involved in a sexting scandal in February , texting Liberal MP Eleni Petinos to seek sexual intercourse while at the same time involved in a relationship with an adviser in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's office, Caitlin Keage.

Keage subsequently shared the illicit text messages with the media, describing it as predatory behaviour by Kean.

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Kean was sued for defamation by car dealer Bevin Clayton, who alleged Kean falsely described him as dishonest and untrustworthy in social media posts. Kean has been described as a moderate Liberal , [ 38 ] and is considered to be the leader of the moderate faction of the New South Wales Liberals. On 18 June Kean announced his intention to resign from the New South Wales Parliament and announced he would be moving to the private sector energy industry; Kean's resignation triggered a by-election in Kean's Hornsby seat in state parliament.

On 24 June 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. Contents move to sidebar hide.

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