The Latest Breaking News from Greg Combet

Future Fund head exits on top with 14.8 per cent return

Strong global equity markets, a focus on active management and low exposure to bonds has lifted Australia's sovereign wealth fund to more than $289 billion.

AAP · Aug 26

Hollow promises: Labor's side-stepping out of tune with bullish vow on miners

Phillip O'Neill: Hunter MPs silent as key transition authorities seem unwilling to dirty their boots

Newcastle Herald · Jul 13

Future Fund eclipses $250b after bumper return

Australia's sovereign wealth fund has delivered a strong result for financial year 2025, despite significant global economic turmoil.

AAP · Sep 9, 2025

Hunter's energy transition a task equivalent to post-WWII reconstruction

What will the Net Zero Economy Authority deliver?

Newcastle Herald · Apr 7, 2024

Australia faces postwar-style reconstruction to reach net zero target, Greg Combet says

‘Pipeline’ of clean projects being assembled, according to head of agency charged with multibillion-dollar transformation

The Guardian - AU · Apr 2, 2024

Region's economic future hangs on Greg Combet's Press Club announcement

At long last, Greg Combet will tell us what's going on.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 10, 2024

Net Zero Economy Authority remains a work in progress a year on from launch

Net Zero Agency has been consulting about transition needs.

Newcastle Herald · Mar 4, 2024

Changing of the guard at Future Fund puts Combet at top

Former ACTU leader and Labor minister Greg Combet is the new chair of Australia's sovereign wealth fund, replacing Liberal stalwart Peter Costello.

AAP · Jan 28, 2024

Hunter economy hoping for better run after more stops than starts

Economic drivers beyond population growth and coal are crucial.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 31, 2023

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Former climate minister Greg Combet on Australia's mission to reach net-zero

As climate minister in the former Labor government, Greg Combet has endured the rigours of the “climate wars”. He oversaw the highly contentious move to put a price on carbon, which ultimately came to grief under the Abbott government.

The Conversation · Nov 8, 2023