Posted in Bob Brown, Greens on July 3, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Wonderfully uplifting news today that Colombian Green presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt, has been freed! Betancourt, who had been taken hostage by FARC revolutionary guerillas 6 years ago, was finally released in an apparently extraordinary operation with no loss of life or even injuries.
I personally didn’t meet her when she was in Australia shortly before her [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Balance of Power, Bob Brown, Budget, Christine Milne, Environment, Forestry, Greens, Senate, Sustainable Farming, Tax, Water, YouTube on June 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As we say a sad farewell to Kerry Nettle and the Democrats (you can read Bob’s valedictory speech to the Dems here and we’ll post Kerry’s soon - here), we saw a fascinating signpost today to the interesting place that the new Senate will be when we come back from winter recess in late August.
Christine [...]
Posted in Bob Brown, Christine Milne, Death Penalty, Greens, Human Rights, Senate, Web 2.0, YouTube on May 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Catching up on videos that I have meant to post here for some time, putting firmly the Greens’ position on Tibet.
Two are of Bob Brown speaking at the rally coinciding with the Olympic torch relay here in Canberra, and the third is Christine Milne’s speech to the Senate on the question of suspending standing orders [...]
Posted in Bob Brown, Human Rights, Indigenous Australian, Rachel Siewert, Sorry, tagged apology, indigenous, Sorry on February 13, 2008 | 19 Comments »
To the new Rudd Labor government – I thank you for this day.
I am very pleased to finally hear an Australian Prime Minister say ‘Sorry’ on behalf of the nation. It means a great deal to many, many Australians. Thank you also for opening the 42nd Parliament yesterday with a welcome to country.
It is significant [...]
Posted in Bob Brown, Christine Milne, Human Rights, Indigenous Australian, NT Intervention, Rachel Siewert, Sorry, tagged aboriginal, australia, canberra, convergence, Greens, indigenous, protest, rally on February 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Australian Greens Senators Bob Brown & Rachel Siewert speak at the Convergence on Canberra rally.
On Tuesday 12th February 2008, people from all around Australia came together for “Convergence on Canberra”, calling for an immediate review of the NT Intervention, restoration of the Racial Discrimination Act, Aboriginal control of Aboriginal affairs, and implementation of the UN [...]
Posted in Bob Brown, Human Rights, Indigenous Australian, Rachel Siewert, Sorry, tagged aboriginal, indigenous, reconciliation, Sorry, reperations on February 1, 2008 | 37 Comments »
The Australian Greens have always supported an unreserved apology to the stolen generations, and the recent activity by the Rudd Government on the topic is most welcome. However, it’s clear that Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin is moving with undue haste to rule out reparations.
The ALP adopted Chapter 13 of its National Platform at their national conference [...]
Posted in Bob Brown, Christine Milne, Climate change, Election 07, Greens, Senate on November 18, 2007 | 9 Comments »
One of the most interesting aspects of the IPCC’s 4th Assessment Report Synthesis (big pdf here), released overnight Australia time, is that the political interference that was feared seems not to have eventuated. As the science has become so compelling, the options for interference have fallen away, and the science shines through.
Now, the scientists are [...]
Posted in Balance of Power, Bob Brown, Election 07, Greens, Senate, YouTube, tagged greens youtube, Senate, brown, bob, advertisement on November 16, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Our office gets lots of comments that Bob should be cloned. Well we have finally done it (on an advert anyway). Today the Australian Greens launched ‘Double Action’ vote ad to win Senate balance.
Posted in Bob Brown, Election 07, Greens, Preferences, Pulp Mill, Senate on November 14, 2007 | 26 Comments »
When parliament resumes I will move to abolish preference deals. Under my plan, voters would be able to number the parties to their own preference ABOVE THE LINE. At present voters wanting their own choice face the complex job of preferencing candidates, rather than parties, below the line.
It is much better to have all voters [...]
Posted in Bob Brown, Climate change, Election 07, Energy, Environment, Greens, Renewable energy on November 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A short video containing Bob Brown’s speech at Walk Against Warming is now on YouTube.
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