Bob Brown Archive

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    Aussie Senate concerned about Rena - by frog



    Yesterday Australian Green Senator Bob Brown moved a notice of motion in the Australian Senate to convey the Senate’s concerns and best wishes about the Rena oil spill. read more
    October 13, 2011 10:36 am - 4 Comments
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    Australia gets real on carbon emissions - by frog



    Big congratulations go out to our Aussie Green cousins for their very successful negotiations with the Gillard govt to introduce a price on carbon! read more
    July 11, 2011 6:02 am - 125 Comments
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    Dalai Lama raises spirits in Christchurch - by Keith Locke



    Realising Cantabrians could do with a moral boost the Dalai Lama altered his schedule and fitted in a talk in Christchurch before his Australian tour. The Canterbury Arena was packed for the event. The only sour note was from the Chinese Embassy, which approached our government after they heard about the visit. Presumably, as they [...] read more
    June 9, 2011 5:20 pm - 2 Comments
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    AGM update: political position, Kiwibank, tackling child poverty - by frog



    Political positioning, a call to boost Kiwibank, a plan to cut child poverty in NZ plus candidate and campaign training. The Green Party’s AGM in Auckland has had it all over the long weekend. Political positioning was confirmed yesterday and summed up by Metiria thus: We’re more likely to support Labour on confidence and supply, [...] read more
    June 6, 2011 12:00 pm - 99 Comments
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    Defend Wikileaks against US government attacks - by Keith Locke



    Prominent Australians, including Green Senator Bob Brown, have signed an Open Letter to Julia Gillard asking her to provide assistance to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in the face of the attacks he is facing, including threats of assassination. The letter says “such calls cannot be dismissed as bluster. Over the last decade, we have seen [...] read more
    December 9, 2010 5:31 pm - 45 Comments
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    Why are Kiwis allowed to work for whalers? - by frog



    The government’s response to the sinking of the Ady Gil, just the latest chapter in the seemingly never ending saga of Japanese south seas whaling, has been the usual waffle. Minister McCully urges restraint, but says New Zealand’s influence is too small to do more. This is disappointing to say the least, given the strong [...] read more
    January 9, 2010 10:20 pm - 59 Comments
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    Should Australia become a Republic? - by frog



    It’s an important question for Australians, with ramifications for New Zealand. Australian Green Senator Bob Brown has introduced legislation requiring a simple yes or no referendum at the 2010 election. The last time a referendum was held in 1999, it was soundly defeated, but Brown claims that this was because the government of the day [...] read more
    December 8, 2008 11:58 am - 114 Comments
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    The ideas are free and plentiful – you just need to ask - by frog



    An interesting discussion from the Otago Daily Times’ Dene Mackenzie – who was lunching with Jeanette and Australian Green Leader Bob Brown yesterday: Senator Brown said the injection of new ideas in politics around the world was coming from the Greens and there was never a time when the Greens were more needed than 2008 [...] read more
    November 6, 2008 9:26 pm - 9 Comments