Bob Brown responds to logging industry's criticism
Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown says that Timber Community Australia's comments today criticising him were a bit of a tangle and difficult to follow.
Timber Communities Australia should disclose its funding sources, because it's the logging industry, Senator Brown said.
Peace plan for Florentine Forest
Greens Leader Bob Brown has responded to a Forestry Tasmania call for mature discussions on the Upper Florentine forest with a call for a peaceful moratorium to allow such discussions to succeed.
Police raid Tasmanian forest blockade
The imminent logging of the Upper Florentine forest is a national disgrace, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.
"There is a large convoy of police on its way to the Florentine blockade to coincide with the beginning of logging season," Senator Brown said.
Ban Japanese ships - Brown
Rather than ban the Sea Shepherd's Steve Irwin from Australian ports as requested by Japan, Japanese woodchip ships picking up the flensed remains of Australia's old growth forests should be kept out, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.
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."
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.
Greens start Senate Inquiry into Tiwi Islands
The environmental and economic impact of forestry and mining in the Tiwi Islands will be scrutinised under a Senate Inquiry set up by the Australian Greens today.
"The Tiwi Islands, 80km north of Darwin, have significant biodiversity values, with eucalypt forests and tropical savannas existing alongside rainforest," said Senator Rachel Siewert.
Labor, Coalition vote chainsaws before koalas
The Rudd government and Turnbull opposition have voted to continue logging koala habitat forests in NSW. The Senate voted 51-6 against Greens Leader Bob Brown's motion.
Senator Xenophon voted for the motion, which read:
That the Senate-
Greens-Nationals carbon sink forests move stymied by Labor and Liberals
An Australian Greens' motion to disallow another forestry tax rort today won the support of the Nationals, who crossed the floor, and Senator Xenophon. However, the Liberal and Labor Parties joined forces to quash the motion, with Senator Heffernan refusing to cross the floor.
Bermagui forests deserve protection:Brown
Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown will call for important koala habitat to be saved from logging, when he addresses a community meeting at Bermagui, on the New South Wales south coast tonight.
Senator Brown plans to visit Bermagui's forests today and speak at a community meeting at Bermagui Community Hall in the evening (7pm).