Productivity Commission reforms to be led by new chair


Brandon How
Reporter

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has appointed a deputy secretary from the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance Chris Barrett as the new chair of the Productivity Commission.

Announcing the appointment on Monday, the Treasurer said Mr Barrett would lead a reform of the Productivity Commission to include a refocus towards the “vast, industrial, and productivity opportunities of the energy transformation”.

Mr Barrett was chief of staff to Labor Treasurer Wayne Swan between 2007 and 2010, and was a senior adviser to then Labor federal opposition leader Kim Beazley between 1996 to 2001.

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