be regulated by the Essential Services Commission, the end of misleading marketing, and requiring retailers to fix offer prices for 12 months. The Victorian Government has now implemented most of these reforms. In 2017, amidst public concern about flammable cladding on buildings, Thwaites was appointed with former Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu to co-chair the Victorian Cladding Taskforce to oversee the investigation and audit of buildings with dangerous cladding. Following recommendations of the Cladding Taskforce, the Victorian Government conducted a statewide audit of multi-story buildings, boosted enforcement of building regulations and announced a $600 million plan to remove dangerous cladding from buildings. Since leaving politics, Thwaites has worked with governments, business and academics to promote sustainable development and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In 2012, he was appointed by the Australian Government as Chair of the National Sustainability Council to provide independent advice to the Government on sustainability issues. The Council produced the Sustainable Australia Report 2013. He currently chairs the National Sustainable Development Council which in 2018 produced the Transforming Australia: SDG Progress report on Australia’s progress in implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. He is currently Co-Chair of the Leadership Council of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) launched by the Secretary General of the United Nations to mobilise universities in support of the Sustainable Development Goals. In July 2020, Thwaites was appointed to The Lancet Covid-19 Commission which aims to speed up global and equitable solutions to the pandemic. Thwaites was appointed Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to the environment, and to the people and Parliament of Victoria" in the 2021 Australia Day Honours. References 1955 births Living people Members of the Order of Australia People educated at Melbourne Grammar School Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Monash Law School alumni Deputy Premiers of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Victorian Ministers for the Environment Monash University faculty 20th-century Australian lawyers 21st-century Australian politicians English emigrants to Australia