Democracy & Governance
Senator Bob Brown doorstop - August 22, 2011
Greencast | Spokesperson Bob Brown
Monday 22nd August 2011, 9:59am
Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown was interviewed at the senate doors this morning, where he discussed the "Convoy", the mining tax and Australia's economy.
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Senators Bob Brown & Richard Di Natale press conference - Wednesday August 17
Greencast | Spokesperson Bob Brown
Wednesday 17th August 2011, 2:50pm
Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown and Greens Senator for Victoria Richard Di Natale held a press conference to urge the Coalition to support plain packaging legislation for cigarrettes. Other topics included the proposed media inquiry, the upcoming tax review, coal seam gas mining and the carbon price package.
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With new role comes greater responsibility
Blog Post | Blog of Sarah Hanson-Young
Tuesday 5th July 2011, 9:32am
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- Environment
- Human Rights & Justice
- Family & Community
- Democracy & Governance
- Anti-environmentalism
- Balance of Power
- Detention Centres
- Elections
- Emissions Trading and carbon tax
- Environment & Planning Issues
- Gay Marriage
- Immigration
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex (LGBTI)
- Refugees
- Renewable Energy
- Senate / Senators
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.
The responsibility of Parliament
Blog Post | Blog of Bob Brown
Wednesday 22nd June 2011, 4:11pm
The following letter to the editor of The Australian was submitted on 21 June 2011:
Dear Editor
As I told your Canberra reporter on 20 June 2011, but you did not report to your readers, the difference between action on a republic and climate change is that the former requires a change to the Constitution and the latter requires a decision by the Parliament, as already empowered by the Constitution. The former requires a plebiscite and referendum, the latter requires neither - if you believe in the responsibility of Parliament.
Yours sincerely
Senator Bob Brown
Australian Greens Leader