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Kean steps back from carbon review to avoid potential conflict

AFR · last updated

Climate Change Authority chairman Matt Kean will be required to step back from the organisation’s review of Australia’s carbon credit units scheme due to a potential conflict with his role at investment firm Wollemi Capital.

The authority decided in August that Kean and another member, Patty Akopiantz, would not be involved in decision-making or be allowed to see drafts of the review to manage potential conflicts of interest arising from carbon farming initiatives, new documents revealed.

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