(1958-04-28) 28 April 1958 (age 66) Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality
Australian
Political party
Australian Labor Party
Children
1 daughter, 2 stepdaughters, 2 stepsons
Alma mater
University of New South Wales University of Sydney
Profession
Trade unionist, politician
Gregory Ivan CombetAM (/ˈkɒmbeɪ/; 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.
However, Combet is best known as 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 and the University of Newcastle.
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]
^"Gillard announces her team". Brisbane Times. AAP. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
^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.
^Peatling, Stephanie (26 June 2013). "Politics live: June 26, 2013". The Age. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
^Federal Labor frontbencher Greg Combet to retire from politics, ABC News, 29 June 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013
^"NATIONAL COVID-19 COORDINATION COMMISSION | Prime Minister of Australia".
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president of Australian Labor Party". ABC Australia. 17 June 2015. Brown, Greg (18 June 2018). "Wayne Swan elected Labor national president". The Australian...
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politics or in unionism. Examples include: Wayne Swan (Chair of CBUS), GregCombet (Chair of Industry Super Australia), and Paul Schroder (AustralianSuper)...
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Macquarie City Council, she has worked in the offices of Federal Labor MPs GregCombet and Anthony Albanese. She is married to Robert Coombs who himself served...
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Australian. 20 August 2010. "Greens, Labor seal deal". 1 September 2010. GregCombet & Jula Gillard (27 September 2010). "Prime Minister establishes Climate...
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