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‘Something in the air’: Father of the Greens Bob Brown hopes The Giants inspires next generation

Passionate environmental folk law hero and former senator Dr Bob Brown shares his hopes for the future of the planet in doco, The Giants

The New Daily · Apr 9, 2023

Safeguard deal shows Bandt's Greens party has come of age

It is understandable if observers have struggled to neatly categorise the agreement struck on Monday between the Albanese Labor Government and the Australian Greens party to progressively reduce industrial emissions.

The Conversation · Mar 29, 2023

The Greens face one of the biggest decisions of their political lives as Labor’s climate policy hangs in the balance

Some Greens want to pass the safeguard mechanism changes and keep fighting on fossil fuels while others want to attack it as a Coalition creation that can’t be redeemed

The Guardian - AU · Mar 24, 2023

Bob Brown ‘moved on’ from logging protest

Former Australian senator and Greens co-founder Bob Brown says he has been arrested in Tasmania while staging a protest against logging. 

The New Daily · Nov 8, 2022

Bob Brown arrested in logging protest

Greens co-founder Bob Brown says he has been arrested in Tasmania's northeast while trying to save swift parrot populations.

AAP · Nov 8, 2022

Bob Brown accuses Tanya Plibersek of putting industry above environment on Tarkine trip

Environment minister visited Tasmania for two days and insists she’s taking mine decision seriously but Brown wanted her to visit rainforest with him

The Guardian - AU · Nov 6, 2022

Permit to kill up to 200 swans issued in Tasmania's Central Highlands over trout habitat

A permit to kill up to 200 black swans in Tasmania's Central Highlands was approved after the native bird rendered the area unsuitable as a habitat for trout.

ABC News · Nov 2, 2022

40 years ago, protesters were celebrated for saving the Franklin River. Today they could be jailed for months

The 1982 campaign to stop the building of Tasmania’s Franklin River dam was a defining moment in the history of Australia’s social movements. Those events are now being recounted in the documentary Franklin, screening throughout the country.

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2022

A force for nature walking among giants

The life of environmental activist Bob Brown is interwoven with the story of giant trees in a cinematic new documentary.

The New Daily · Oct 23, 2022

Would the campaign to save the Franklin River work today?

A new film celebrates the 1980s battle to protect the Tasmanian environment, but now protest rights in Australia are under attack

The Guardian - AU · Sep 17, 2022