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He was a senator and the 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.
The Giants explores the intertwined fates of trees and humans in a poetic portrait of environmentalist Bob Brown and the Forest. From a seedling to forest elder: the film is a masterclass that draws on Bob’s 50 years of inspiring activism, from the Franklin campaign for Tasmania’s last wild river, to today’s battle for the Tarkine rainforest.
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May 3, 2024 · Bob Brown is an Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian Senate (1996–2012) and as leader of the Australian Greens (2005–12). Brown was raised in rural New South Wales, and he attended school in Sydney, earning a medical degree from the University of Sydney in 1968.
When Bob left the Senate in 2012, he founded Bob Brown Foundation to continue a lifetime of campaigning to protect the natural world. Bob is an acclaimed photographer and author of books including Lake Pedder, Wild Rivers, The Greens, Memo for a Saner World, Earth, In Balfour St and Optimism
Aug 24, 2020 · After forming the Bob Brown Foundation, he has sparked more recent debate over whether the Adani convoy in 2019 was in fact his worst political moment, turning Queensland voters and thus the...
Jun 18, 2023 · Hall of Fame offensive lineman Bob Brown, known for his aggressive and intimidating style of play in the 1960s and early 70s, died on Friday, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced.
Bob Brown Foundation, Hobart, Tasmania. 117,617 likes · 3,521 talking about this · 91 were here. Bob Brown Foundation takes Action for Earth.
As a portrait of Bob Brown, the film is satisfying and galvanising. Brown wasn’t just the first out gay man in parliament; he brought a fundamental decency to the place.
Bob Brown (b. 1944), environmentalist, doctor and former politician, is an environmental campaigner and former Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens. Born in Oberon, New South Wales, Brown studied medicine at Sydney University and practiced medicine in Canberra, Darwin, Alice Springs and London.
