CPRS and the upstream oil and gas industry

Blair Comley is a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Climate Change. Blair has executive oversight for the design and implementation of the emissions trading system and matters related to renewable energy, emissions inventory and projections.

Previously Blair held a range of senior positions in the Treasury including as General Manager of the Business Tax Division, Indirect Tax Division, Macroeconomic Policy Division and the Debt Management Review Team. Blair also represented Australia for three years on economic matters at the OECD and was the Acting Chief Executive Officer the Australian Office of Financial Management with responsibility for managing the Australian Government’s debt and related derivative portfolio.

Blair previously worked on competition policy, environment policy and welfare reform. Before joining the Treasury in 1994, Blair worked at the Industry Commission and was a lecturer in the Department of Economics at Monash University.

Blair holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) and a Master of Economics from Monash University and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies from the Australian National University.