Mr Anthony Maher
Mr Maher has been the General President of the Mining and Energy Union for over 25 years. Since 2006, Mr Maher has been particularly engaged with the impacts of energy transition on coal jobs. He has represented Australian unions at several meetings of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and has been instrumental in developing an Australian model for supporting workers through energy transition.
Mr Maher has also taken part in the ACTU Climate Group, the Commonwealth Government's Carbon Capture and Storage Taskforce, the Prime Minister's Energy Efficiency Advisory Group, and the Federal Government Roundtable on Climate Change. He is also a former member of the Net Zero Economy Agency Advisory Board.