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Senator Brown talks about the arson attack on Camp Florentine. A protest camp in the Southern Forests of Tasmania that was targeted by pro-logging vigilantes
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Friday, May 15 at 6:30pm - Bob Brown's Tasmania 2
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Tuesday, July 1 at 6:30pm
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Book launchchild of Tibet - a lost innocenceJuly 1, 2009
Ricki at 6:16pm July 5
When will we abandon politics which seeks to control, rather than empower others? When will our economies be built around need rather than manufactured wants? When will our societies be structured around community and environment? When will "globalisation" be about universal equality and connectedness rather than big business ruling the world? Probably the day before Tibet is free.
Flydude at 7:29pm July 5
Tribute to Senator Bob!
Activists like the Drax protesters are the conscience of the nation | George Monbiot | Environment |
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Those who put their liberty on the line for what they believe carry the cost of reforms that deliver benefits to almost everyone, writes George Monbiot
Ricki at 3:21pm July 3
Great story. One snippet of particular interest: "When, by contrast, did you last see a climate change denier putting his liberty on the line for his professed belief? As Leo Hickman points out, these people love to see themselves as martyrs. But they risk precisely nothing in promoting their doctrine of selfishness: most of them won't even reveal their true identities."
Paul at 10:59pm July 4
easy to put your personal liberty on the line when you have nothing to lose- even easier to let others do the fighting while sitting at home watching life and the world as we know it slowly erode away on the television.
Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown says Australia must do much more itself, and to convince world leaders, to take action to reverse the trend towards ever-increasing wildlife extinctions...
Ricki at 2:00am July 3
Government, farmers, conservationists should be working together to create better outcomes around Australia: quality bush corridors and wildlife refuges. Science could be focussing a lot more on fertility controls for feral cats, dogs, foxes, goats, pigs and Cane Toads, for starters. We must move toward retaining refuges for wildlife which foster a... Read More viable degree of genetic diversity. We must also keep the atmospheric CO2 concentration below 350ppm. More dollars for conservation less for Gunns Ltd.
Source: greensmps.org.au
Applications are invited for two positions based in Canberra. International Adviser & Community Liaison Adviser. Please click through for more information and position descriptions.
Bob talks to ABC's The World Today about retired politicians' travel expenses, and the need for an independent auditor. Copyright Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2009
Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown has called on Forests Minister Tony Burke to explain to Parliament why he copied Gunns' propaganda in his major ministerial statement in the House of Representatives last week...
Source: www.iucn.org
Life on Earth is under serious threat, despite the commitment by world leaders to reverse the trend, according to a detailed analysis of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
Source: www.youtube.com
Karen at 10:41pm July 2
I know about their abandoned dogs, what pigs would they leave their children behind?
Flydude at 11:02pm July 2
Your can't blame on them either. Look they are hunters. If ice disappear, they have no more lands to work/hunt. and any activities on the ice will become dangerous. If they can't hunt, they can't afford to keep those dogs either.(not one or two,but at least 6~8 dogs for one sleigh....)
Greenland people are suffed by poisonous seal meat too. The toxic waste brought by water current, wind and rain, and stay in the ice and sea of poles forever. I can understand why they have to leave.
so, who's guilty??... Read More
it's a tragedy.
Greenland people are suffed by poisonous seal meat too. The toxic waste brought by water current, wind and rain, and stay in the ice and sea of poles forever. I can understand why they have to leave.
so, who's guilty??... Read More
it's a tragedy.
The Australian Greens say that the free 'Gold Pass' travel scheme for former MPs should be reviewed by an independent arbiter...
The States should use today's COAG meeting to urge the Federal Government to both lift its carbon pollution reduction targets and compensate the States ahead of polluters, otherwise front-line jobs in health, education and essential services are at risk, according to the Australian Greens...
Karen at 6:48pm July 1
We live in a world of Capitalism
Scott at 9:18am July 2
state electricity generators (NSW)and state schools and hospitals. Call me old fashioned but put a sticker next to the light switch encouraging effecient energy use and get rid of the meter box!
Source: www.abc.net.au
Greens Leader Bob Brown joins the program to discuss the states' fears that carbon trading will leave them out of pocket.
The Rudd government is continuing to support Gunns' proposed pulp mill through direct and indirect subsidies, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said today...
Greens will move for tax cut rethink The Australian Greens will move in the Senate for the Rudd Government to wind back tax cuts for the rich – and has invited the Coalition to support it...
Karen at 5:12pm July 1
If I had children I would definately send them to a private school. I didn't children because I am selfish and don't want to rely on tax payer funds to educate my children etc. If you can't aford kids don't have them. That's why I chose not too! They cost too much, anmials are better, you can have pet insurance now. Now I want them it's too late... Read More! But I will sacrifice my personal luxuries to send them to a private school. I used to work with a lady who imigrated from Sri Lanka and she told me her & her husband work hard for their children to be sent to a private school.
Shirley at 6:26pm July 1
Write out a hundred times.....fair, afford, animals, she and her husband, emigrated, oh and not forgetting definitely!!!
The call by scientist Tim Flannery for the Australian Greens to support the Rudd government's 4% emissions trading scheme legislation and ‘get it through' lacked maths and logic, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said today...
Ricki at 11:15pm June 30
I greatly respect Flannery but was surprised to hear his comment last night. I don't think getting the nation to carry the weight for the biggest polluters is "better than nothing" or even "a start". Rudd must get his head out of the coal and place an across the board tax on carbon.
Karen at 4:59pm July 1
People are the worst!
Source: www.abc.net.au
KERRY O'BRIEN, PRESENTER: The plan by timber giant Gunns to build a massive pulp mill in Tasmania's north is the biggest private investment in the Apple Isle's history and has captured attention across the country, particularly during the last election.
Gunns' failure to announce a pulpmill partner, as promised in April, shows yet again that no one is willing to sign an agreement...
Ricki at 1:49am June 29
@Jon - yes, this is disgusting. It's one thing to have these fools impose an unwanted industrial nightmare on the region designed to eat up more forests, but another to make us pay for it. I bet the majority of Australians would not wish to do so.
Nick at 7:09am July 1
i look forward to the pulp mill finally being BUILT. In this economy jobs are more important then tree's And remember, these trees are a natural resource
Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown says today's review of the nation's environmental laws, which flags Commonwealth supervision of logging in Australia's forests, should be heeded. "This review is badly needed," Senator Brown said...
Source: www.abc.net.au
An EMRS poll commissioned by an anti-pulp mill group has found that 65 per cent of Tasmanians believe the mill should not go ahead if it results in foreign control of the state's natural assets.
Jon at 12:06am June 29
Hey, join "shave to save Tasmania's old growth" cause on Facebook... hopefully if people do this it will raise some interesting publicity!
Coco at 7:20am June 29
i think they are our very last resort!
Source: www.abc.net.au
The Bay of Fires in Tasmania was last year rated the best tourist destination in the world and the recognition prompted the Government to announce plans to make it a national park. But some Indigenous ...
Deidree at 6:07pm June 25
Yep. It was called Bay of Fires because of the aborigines' fires: so obviously it was an inhabited area at the time of the first white explorers.
Mark at 7:56pm June 25
Thanks for sharing this, Bob. I agree with Jane, totally.
Source: www.seashepherd.org
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Protecting oceans around the world
Az at 11:10pm June 24
Fantastic, I'll be following that closely. You were great on Good News Week, taking every opportunity to let people know about the issues we are currently facing. Was somewhat annoying how they kept trying to make jokes out of what you were saying at the end just to keep the ratings up....
Keep up the good work Bob we need more people like ya
Keep up the good work Bob we need more people like ya
Ricki at 5:38am June 25
"research into Japanese ship’s hull plate thickness, vessel stress tests, and paint chip analysis, as well as observation of whaler behavior in response to olfactory stimulation" LOL love your work Captain Paul.
The Senate today voted against Senator Ludwig's motion for the Committee of Privileges to investigate whether false information or improper influence were used in the Economics Legislation Committee's hearings last Friday...
Local councils must be consulted more on the implementation of the Rudd Government's climate change legislation, the Greens say...
Ricki at 3:12pm June 24
@David: PowerPoint is what people who can't speak use to speak for them. Unfortunately the "non-speakers" generally make the powerpoint presentation LOL.
Coco at 3:47pm June 24
(some) local councils seem to do more, in small ways, for the environment than the entire federal government.
SHAPE UP RUDD!
get with the program!
or you're GONE!
SHAPE UP RUDD!
get with the program!
or you're GONE!
Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown today announced that the Greens will be opposing the Ozcar legislation. "The Greens will be opposing the Ozcar legislation in the Senate...
Australia should use its bond of heritage with Great Britain to request that the Parthenon marbles be returned to the Greek people, Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown said today...
Coco at 3:41pm June 24
there's plenty of things to be concerned about on this frying planet, but unfortunately, they are all intrinsically linked with colonialism and cultural theft, as well as the degredation of the environment. bob doesn't have to be a one-hit wonder. many of the issues he concerns himself with are all part of the same poisonous policies and practices!
Coco at 3:42pm June 24
greed, greed, and greed.
go bob!
go bob!
Source: www.seashepherd.org
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Protecting oceans around the world
Source: www.abc.net.au
The Greens say Ute-gate is a distraction, Labor wants Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull to step down, but the Coalition says while they may have missed the mark, they'll 'soldier on'.
Julian at 12:11am June 23
What does it say about us as a nation, that we are rulled by these bufoons?
A Joint Parliamentary Committee has passed on the opportunity to give more say to voters by backing preferential above-the-line voting...
The Federal Minister for Industry, Senator Kim Carr, told the Senate today that two members of the Pulp and Paper Industry Group, including former ALP National Executive member Michael O'Connor, will be paid $597 (+GST = $657) per day, when they sit on the panel plus meals, travel and accommodation...
Janet at 6:29pm June 22
It underlines the fight we're up against doesn't it. People power versus cronyism, perks, and rewards for the governments forest destroying mates
The Greens today called on the Rudd Government to begin establishing a corruption body along the lines of the similar bodies operating at state level around Australia...
Source: www.youtube.com
Weld Echo is a collaborative exhibition of artworks inspired by the Weld Valley in southern Tasmania
Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown says former Minister for Forests, Senator Eric Abetz, should reveal, and pay back, the cost to taxpayers of his use of office to hire barristers for federal intervention in the Wielangta case in the Federal Court. Senator Brown said the cost would be huge...
Benny at 11:08pm June 16
Nice work Bob!
Julian at 12:11am June 17
Lol Senator Abetz has always struck me as the kind of person that you would find working for the Empire in Star Wars, y'know like one of Darth Vader's Admirals who keep getting their throats crushed.
Arthur at 9:19pm June 17
The snooner that Eric Abetz go the better! The sad part with people like this is that their grand children and the next generations are going to be deprived of the beautiful forest just because their greed.
I hope that if one day the Greens are in power in Tasmania they will regulate Foresty Tasmania to stop the damage
I hope that if one day the Greens are in power in Tasmania they will regulate Foresty Tasmania to stop the damage
Source: www.abc.net.au
A Supreme Court Judge in Victoria has indicated the Gunns 20 case against six remaining defendants will go to trial.
Jono at 8:11pm June 16
Why are pro-forestry people always a particular brand of human :)
Karen at 1:25am June 17
I agree, why should he pay to keep the Tas forest alive, too may forests are being cut down ie the Amazon
TV news reports about the rallies across Australia
The Australian Greens have called for a thorough police investigation into allegations that a threatening letter has been received by the CEO of the Hazelwood power station, Graeme York...
Senator Bob Brown My speech to the Melbourne Climate Change Rally
Source: www.youtube.com
Senator Bob Brown addresses the crowd at the National Climate Rally in Melbourne, outlining the need for real action on climate change.
Bob addresses the crowd at the Climate Change Rally in Melbourne.
Source: www.youtube.com
Australia Network's Nexus programme interviews Huon Valley Environment Centre campaigners about the logging of the highland wilderness forests of the South Weld Valley, Tasmania. This area is currently being destroyed. Join us to defend these forests - http://www.huon.org
Jacob at 1:32am June 15
Tania i am and Scientist specialising in Environmental Management and Ecology.
Bonnie at 3:46am June 15
Hmmm.....perhaps you should choose another career Jacob, it is highly unlikely that you are excelling in your current field, you seem a little too ignorant of the issues involved in your specialty subject.
Photos courtesy Peter Campbell
Donations from more than 1000 members of the public have poured in to help pay the $240,000 legal costs bill for Forestry Tasmania. Most of the donations are modest but they range from $7.20 to $20,000 (for the purchase of a Wedge-tail eagle painting)...
Deidree at 6:56am June 13
This money had nothing to do with Bob being sued - it was from the court case where logging was to be stopped in Wielangta, but the govt changed the law after Bob WON the case, and these were the court costs after he lost on appeal.
Nothing to do with his personal stuff. As far as I know.
And really - if Forestry Tas and the mills worked smarter, ... Read Morewe'd have more wood being used for fine furniture and cradftwork - guitars and violins, etc - rather than cleared up and burnt or woodchipped. So, Jacob - direct your ire somewhere more productive than here . . .
Nothing to do with his personal stuff. As far as I know.
And really - if Forestry Tas and the mills worked smarter, ... Read Morewe'd have more wood being used for fine furniture and cradftwork - guitars and violins, etc - rather than cleared up and burnt or woodchipped. So, Jacob - direct your ire somewhere more productive than here . . .
Shae at 7:52am June 13
Nice point Deid and the simple fact of the matter is there is a whole lota simple minded peps out there that just wanna go about shootin stuff up!! however in the larger scheme of things maybe its about time we reealised we need to the environment we are the masters of our own destiny and its time to wake up smell tha cheese and control our impact ... Read Moreon tha earth. Example we need wood well time to start tree farming in massive quantities in a controled manner! However How can we and could you condone the destruction of old growth forest and the habitat of inocent animals. These people that think like this are terrorists!!!!!
Senator Bob Brown