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Greens call on Gillard for Israel Action
Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown has called on acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard to add Australia’s weight to calls on Israel to end the gross and disproportionate violence and bombing of Palestinians in the Gaza strip.
“We call on the acting Prime Minister to speak out against the violent and disproportionate action by Israeli leaders which has lead to the death of 400 Palestinians including many women, children and innocent men,” Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.
Rudd should heed Gore and Brown's pleas on climate change, say Greens
Australian Greens leader Bob Brown says that the telephone calls to Rudd from global leaders on climate change action underscore an emerging recognition that the Australian government is opting for failure.
"The recognised minimum of 25% reduction by 2020 in greenhouse gas emissions has become, instead, a maximum for Rudd who is not disputing press speculation that he will set Australia's target as low as a 5-15% reduction," Senator Brown said in Hobart this morning.
The Greens policy is for a 40% reduction by 2020 in order to avoid dangerous climate change.
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Pope should celebrate natural diversity, says Brown
Pope Benedict's pre-Christmas tirade against homosexuals would have been better directed against enforced celibacy, Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown said today. "Homosexuality is a necessary niche of nature's grand diversity, and the Pope should honour it rather than imply disdain for the Creator."
No Surrender on Climate Change
On Monday, Dec 15, 2008, the Australian Greens, along with many like minded Australians were appalled at the Rudd Labor Governments announcement of a paltry 5% greenhouse gas emission target.
Greens Senator Bob Brown called the target a “global embarrassment and a recipe for global catastrophe… It is exactly where John Howard would have placed Australia in 2009" Read more.
Even the Labor Governments own climate advisor Professor Ross Garnaut described the Rudd scheme that exorbitantly compensates big polluters as “over the top”. Read more.
The Australian Greens will not surrender and will continue to campaign for a 40% target . The Greens will also initiate a Senate Inquiry into inadequacy of the 5% target. Read More
Watch a short video comparing Mr Rudd with the Howard Government’s standards.
Sign the petition against Rudd’s 5% target.
Greens call for truth in political advertising
Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown today welcomed the release of the federal government's Electoral Reform Green Paper.
"The Greens will consider the options discussed in the Electoral Reform Green Paper over summer," Senator Brown said.
"The Green Paper process should include introducing proportional representation to the lower house, which is the best way to strengthen democracy and ensure that every vote counts and guaranteeing one person, one vote, one value.
"The Greens will also pursue a new law requiring truth in political advertising," Senator Brown said.
Log trucks will stop nation - Brown
The nationwide coverage of the massive log truck line up at Triabunna yesterday will hasten the end of native forest destruction in Tasmania, Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.
Congratulating the peaceful forest defenders who protested at Gunns woodchip mill, Senator Brown said that in terms of wildlife and Tasmania's natural beauty, the picture represented the axels of evil.
Rudd raises white flag of surrender on climate change
Greens campaign for 40% target
The Australian Greens will campaign for a 40 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 to save the planet from catastrophic climate change.
"Prime Minister Rudd's 5% target is a global embarrassment and a recipe for global catastrophe," Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.
