Former central bank governor Bernie Fraser has quit as chairman of the government's independent climate advisory body.
Mr Fraser has not said why he is resigning from the Climate Change Authority, which the government planned to shut down.
The authority thanked the former Reserve Bank of Australia governor in a brief statement for his contribution in providing independent expert advice to the government and the parliament on climate change policy.
Arrangements have been made to ensure the authority's work will continue uninterrupted, it said.
Environment Minister Greg Hunt thanked Mr Fraser for his work with the authority.
"He has had an outstanding career in public service, which I deeply respect and acknowledge," Mr Hunt said in a statement.
"In particular, I thank Mr Fraser for his assistance with the crossbench in the passage of the Emissions Reduction Fund."
Mr Fraser, 74, served as treasury secretary from 1984 to 1989 and as Reserve Bank governor from 1989 to 1996.
The Climate Change Authority was created by the past Labor government to provide expert independent advice to the government on setting carbon emissions caps and meeting emissions reduction targets.
The new coalition government wanted to shut it down but it gained a fresh lease of life in Clive Palmer's deal with the government to back its direct action emissions reduction plan.
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