At this major lunch for Business NSW, Business Sydney and their affiliates, 250 senior business people listened to the NSW Treasurer's Pre-Budget Address. The Hon Matt Kean MP spoke about his priorities around boosting female workforce participation and closing the gender pay gap, improving access to early childhood education and transition to clean, reliable and affordable energy.
After his address, the NSW Treasurer sat down to a Q&A facilited by Ellie Brown, Non-executive Director, Business NSW and also answered a few questions from the audience.
The members and guests from Business NSW, Business Sydney, Business Western Sydney, Business Hunter and Business Illawarra enjoyed the optimistic and upbeat speech from the Treasurer and the excellent networking opportunities in the room.
Matt Kean entered Parliament in 2011 and spent his early years advocating for stronger mental health policy.
Elevated to the NSW Cabinet in 2017, he was Appointed Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation in 2017, then appointed Minister for Energy and Environment in 2019 and appointed Treasurer in 2021.
He is focused on safely re-opening the economy and getting people back to work, and intends to invest in our economy and our people today to deliver a stronger, more prosperous, more sustainable future tomorrow.
An outspoken critic of “climate denialism” he has campaigned for greater and national action on climate change, arguing it’s not only good for the environment but it’s also good for our economy.
He has committed to increasing the size of the NSW National Park estate by over 400,000 hectares by the end of 2022 and in 2020 delivered the biggest renewable energy policy in Australia’s history.