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
Whereas our common past, out of Africa, saw a global diaspora of humankind, our common future depends on a global coming together and consensus, resulting in a more equitable distribution of the Earth's largesse. When Africa, which gave us the wealth of life, has that debt returned, the world will have come of age.
I think I could have been quite difficult to fathom as a youngster, this kid who didn't talk about himself very much.
For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament.
I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.
Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.
Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that's where our investment should be going as well.
We calculate the amount spent [by Brethren and other anti- Green groups] was between $500,000 and $1 million - that's a huge amount for a state election campaign in Tasmania.
I am not a conventionally religious man, but in the wilderness I have come closest to finding myself and knowing the universe and accepting God - by which I mean accepting all that I don't know.
I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth of talent there is in its community.
We need to move the whole pack up. But these are all learning experiences. We're just starting to get better. We're a little inconsistent right now. And when we start getting consistent, we'll start getting better.
We want to provide unfiltered and unbiased consumer education about the impact of what life insurance does, rather than how it works.
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.
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,