The environment minister, Greg Hunt, announces six new directors who have been appointed for a two-year term

The government has appointed six new directors to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) board, to be headed by a new chairman, Martijn Wilder, an environmental markets lawyer.

The appointments of Arena’s former board members expired in January, leaving it governed by the environment department secretary, Gordon de Brouwer.

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