Anti-environmentalism

Greens Leader’s statement on the Canberra convoy

Media Release | Spokesperson Bob Brown
Sunday 21st August 2011, 3:52pm
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"Some might call the predicted thousands of trucks descending on Canberra ending up as hundreds (ABC, 21/8/11) a ‘flop', but these Australians have every right to a peaceful presence on the parliamentary lawns," Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.


"It seems like the prime qualification to be there is to be angry about something - these are Abbott's angry people," Senator Brown said.


"But it seems their views on some issues are fairly shorted sighted, very ‘me-now'."


"The number of angry people in Canberra tomorrow will increase much more than the numbers of truckers arriving in town," Senator Brown predicted.


 


 

Why this is better than Rudd's scheme

Blog Post | Blog of Sarah Hanson-Young
Wednesday 13th July 2011, 1:27pm
by OgySimic in

There are more than 13 billion reasons why the climate package unveiled on Sunday is better at putting a price on pollution than its predecessor.


With new role comes greater responsibility

Blog Post | Blog of Sarah Hanson-Young
Tuesday 5th July 2011, 9:32am
by ParisLord in

Yesterday was a great day for the Greens. Our team in the Federal Parliament went from six to 10 with Governor-General Quentin Bryce presiding over the swearing-in of 12 senators from around the country who were elected in August last year.

Attack on campaign is hypocritical

Blog Post | Blog of Sarah Hanson-Young
Tuesday 7th June 2011, 10:58am
by ParisLord in

Tens of thousands of people attended peaceful rallies around the country on Sunday in support of action on climate change, despite the Coalition and News Ltd media empire's negative campaign against cutting pollution via a carbon tax.

Beverage industry should support container deposits in NT, not fight them

Media Release | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Wednesday 23rd February 2011, 4:51pm
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The Australian and Northern Territory Greens have expressed alarm at reports Coca Cola Amatil is threatening the NT Government in a bid to axe the proposed container deposit scheme.

Australian Greens sustainable cities spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam said reports that Coca Cola Amatil told the NT Government they would help fund the Opposition's election campaign unless Labor dropped container deposits were "profoundly disturbing".

Environmental activists Sun Xiaodi and Sun Haiyan

Question | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Tuesday 12th January 2010, 12:00am
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Senator Ludlam

Can the department provide the status of an environmental activist, Sun Xiaodi, who was sentenced in July 2009 to two years of re-education through labour? His daughter, Sun Haiyan, was sentenced to one and a half years of re-education through labour. These are two environmental activists who raised very serious concerns about radioactive contamination of Chinese uranium mines. They have not been heard from since their imprisonment, and I am wondering whether the department has made any representations or whether the department is aware of the status of either of those individuals?

Brown says Abetz should pay legal expenses back to public

Media Release | Spokesperson Bob Brown
Wednesday 17th June 2009, 11:30am
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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. The initial court case was against Forestry Tasmania, not the Commonwealth, but in August 2005 the Howard government and state government applied to intervene in the case in support of Forestry Tasmania.

"Senator Abetz has used parliament to attack my role in defending the Wielangta Forest in the courts, and fund raising to enable this action. But Senator Abetz has an equal and opposite responsibility. Abetz should reveal the totally unnecessary cost to the public of the federal invention on the case which he hosted, and then repay the money - though a public appeal if he wishes," Senator Brown said.

Huge public response - over $240,000 raised

Blog Post | Blog of Bob Brown
Saturday 13th June 2009, 11:18am
by TimNorton in

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). Bob would like to pass on that he is extremely grateful and sends his heartfelt thanks to everyone who offered support.

It shows how strongly people feel about the fate of Tasmania's wild forests and their wildlife. There were many more offers to raise money.

Forestry Tasmania’s bill will be paid on time, says Brown

Media Release | Spokesperson Bob Brown
Thursday 11th June 2009, 5:16pm
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Huge public response

Donations from more than 1000 members of the public have poured in to help pay Senator Bob Brown's $240,000 legal costs bill for Forestry Tasmania.

Forestry Tasmania was awarded the $240,000 after the full bench of the Federal Court overturned Justice Marshall's finding, for Senator Brown, that logging of Wielangta Forest should stop because it threatened endangered species like the Swift parrot.