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The Latest Breaking News from Bob Brown

Afternoon Update: Papua New Guinea massacre; Bob Brown forest protest arrest; and is Biden too old for presidency?

Dozens reportedly killed in fresh outbreak of violence in Papua New Guinea highlands

The Guardian - AU · Feb 19, 2024

Bob Brown charge, ban over giant tree logging protest

A logging protest in defence of some of Tasmania's tallest trees has resulted in former Greens leader Bob Brown being charged and banned from all state forests.

AAP · Feb 19, 2024

Hollywood royalty joins fight to save Aussie parrot

Academy Award winner Leonardo DiCaprio has called for an end to native forest logging in Tasmania as he backed efforts to protect the Swift Parrot.

AAP · Feb 9, 2024

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Leonardo DiCaprio calls on Australia to save critically endangered swift parrot

Hollywood star tells social media followers ‘the only way to protect the swift parrot …. is to end native forest logging’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 9, 2024

Judge orders logging suspension amid legal challenge

A Supreme Court judge has ordered the suspension of logging in an area purportedly home to a rare parrot amid a challenge over the legality of operations.

AAP · Jan 31, 2024

Court orders temporary halt to logging in Tasmanian forest ahead of swift parrot case

Bob Brown Foundation wants logging banned in area of forest south of Hobart, claiming it is breeding habitat for endangered bird

The Guardian - AU · Jan 31, 2024

Bob Brown fails in bid to have protest charge dismissed

Veteran environmentalist Bob Brown has lost a bid to have a protest trespassing charge thrown out and will return to court next year.

AAP · Dec 6, 2023

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Trespass charge against Bob Brown could fall over

A magistrate will decide whether a hearing for a trespass charges levelled at former Greens leader Bob Brown and other activists can continue.

AAP · Dec 4, 2023

Bob Brown, activists fight protest trespass charges

Former Greens leader Bob Brown and two other activists are fighting trespass charges over an anti-logging protest in Tasmania.

AAP · Dec 4, 2023

‘National disgrace’: protest after tree estimated to be hundreds of years old cut down in Tasmania

Sustainable Timber Tasmania said the giant tree pictured on the truck had been assessed and felled ‘for safety reasons’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 15, 2023

Louisiana trooper acquitted after he was caught on camera beating Black motorist with flashlight

A federal jury found Jacob Brown not guilty of depriving Aaron Bowman of his civil rights during a 2019 beating

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2023

Jury acquits a white Louisiana trooper caught on camera beating a Black motorist

The federal jury acquitted a state trooper charged with violating the civil rights of Aaron Bowman despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling him 18 times with a flashlight.

WEKU · Aug 3, 2023

Federal jury acquits Louisiana trooper caught on camera pummeling Black motorist

A federal jury Wednesday acquitted a white Louisiana trooper charged with violating the civil rights of a Black motorist despite body-camera footage that showed the officer pummeling the man 18 times with a flashlight

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2023

Cancelling Antarctic climate research will damage Australia’s reputation, experts say

Exclusive: Lawyers and environmentalists warn international community is watching carefully amid ‘science, logistics and influence race’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2023

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AAP · Jul 20, 2023

Bob Brown to fight anti-logging protest criminal charge

Former federal Greens leader Bob Brown has pleaded not guilty to trespassing over a protest in Tasmania against logging in the habitat of a rare parrot.

Sports Illustrated · Jun 18, 2023

Bob Brown, Hall of Fame Offensive Lineman, Dies at 81

Known by his opponents as “Boomer,” Brown carved out his legacy as one of the greatest lineman to ever step foot on the gridiron.

ABC News · May 26, 2023

Deer cull in Tasmanian wilderness nets double number expected in first aerial pest control operation

Tasmania's first aerial pest control operation aimed at eradicating wild fallow deer nets double the number expected.

ABC News · May 2, 2023

Saving the Franklin River

Decades before any climate change blockades, young people put their bodies on the line to save a wild river. Here's what we can learn from them today.

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The Guardian - AU · Apr 28, 2023

Five great reads: optimism in the climate fight, surviving a plane crash and how to kiss

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU · Apr 26, 2023

Afternoon Update: calls grow for government to ease student debt; Singapore executes man over cannabis; and Ardern off to Harvard

Independent MP Zoe Daniel joins Coalition in calling for Labor to freeze the Hecs indexation

The Guardian - AU · Apr 25, 2023

How Tasmania’s anti-protest laws drove Bob Brown back to frontline activism

After decades of environmental campaigning, the former Greens leader says optimism and looking after each other are critical to climate fight

The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2023

Morning Mail: NSW left behind on drug policy, Gorgon carbon capture fail, SpaceX rocket blows up

Queensland’s move to three-strike system for minor drug possession leave NSW isolated; emissions shoot up 50% at huge gas project; Elon Musk says spacecraft test was ‘exciting’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2023

The Giants review – Bob Brown documentary is inspiring and beautiful

This elegant film uses the natural world to wrap an ancient context around contemporary politics and the former Australian Greens leader’s drive to save the environment

ABC News · Apr 12, 2023

Court throws out Bob Brown Foundation challenge to MMG mine lease

An environmental group has lost its latest court battle with a mining company that's planning to build a controversial new tailings dam in Tasmania's west.

AAP · Apr 12, 2023

Bob Brown lashes court mining lease ruling

The Bob Brown Foundation has lost a court challenge related to a contentious mining waste dam proposal in Tasmania.

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