Bob Brown
Bob Brown
Robert James "Bob" Brownis an Australian former politician, medical doctor, and environmentalist who is a former Senator, and former Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens. Brown was elected to the Australian Senate on the Tasmanian Greens ticket, joining with sitting Greens Western Australia senator Dee Margetts to form the first group of Australian Greens senators following the 1996 federal election. He was re-elected in 2001 and in 2007. He was the first openly gay member of the Parliament of Australia,...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 December 1944
CountryAustralia
Exxon, Coca-Cola, BHP Billiton and News Corporation have much more say in organising the global agenda than the planet's 5 billion mature-age voters without a ballot box.
So far as we know, Earth is the only planet which supports life, and it is the only planet on which we can survive. Our bodies and our minds are fashioned by it. Our hearts resonate with it. There will be little joy for the human spirit if we destroy the natural fabric of Earth with nothing left to do but go shopping. When we imagine the world a century from now, when we look our great grandchildren in the eye and see them smiling back at us because they know we cared for them, we smile too!
Seeing the whales off James Price Point, mothers, babies, bull whales, seeing the count, going up into the thousands of these whales, the assurance that they will be ok with a mega port, mega ships and a huge factory ashore, is now clearly proven wrong.
What I guess I'm shocked at -- and what others in the lending industry say they're surprised about -- is how easily these documents were able to make it through the system.
There are better alternatives... Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium.
Yeah, he helps with the younger kids and jumps in and plays with the older kids. I holler at him like I always did. But really, he just comes here and tries to get better.
The debate at the end of this century is not going to be about whether the market should be regulated centrally, or left free-rein, it's going to be about who is in control -- the parliament or the stock exchange,
They ran as hard tonight as they did the first meet a week ago. Every individual race that we had two people in, we double-placed in.
There was great team chemistry. That really was a complete team. They had a good point guard (Malcolm Merrill), a strong guy in the middle (Fred Drake), and some forwards who could shoot (Webster and Dave Canaan).
The report shows the consequences will be devastating on Australia, not just on the environment but on the economy and jobs as well,
The weight of it was all on his shoulders, and he responded well.
One has a right to be suspicious, while the prime minister did not make this announcement yesterday because it was Melbourne Cup Day, he's making it today when he's releasing the industrial relations legislation to take (it) off the front page,
Joe is one of those quiet people who leads by example. I know he gets perturbed like a coach sometimes. He expects his teammates to contribute.
It is only through an EIR that the council can address this,