Climate Change Authority gets five new board members in possible reprieve

By Peter Hannam
Updated October 8 2015 - 10:13pm, first published 2:00pm
Wendy Craik, the new chair of the Climate Change Authority, when she was head of the National Farmers Federation in 2000. Photo: Michael Clayton Jones
Wendy Craik, the new chair of the Climate Change Authority, when she was head of the National Farmers Federation in 2000. Photo: Michael Clayton Jones
Bernie Fraser was chair of the Climate Change Authority before resigning last month. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Bernie Fraser was chair of the Climate Change Authority before resigning last month. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Greenhouse gas emissions remain a sensitive political issue. Photo: Glen McCurtayne
Greenhouse gas emissions remain a sensitive political issue. Photo: Glen McCurtayne

The Turnbull government has appointed former National Farmers Federation head Wendy Craik and four others to the board of the Climate Change Authority for five-year terms, indicating the agency may yet be spared the axe.

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