http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/peter-garrett/ Peter Garrett was elected as the Labor Member for Kingsford Smith at the 2004 federal election. In 2007, he was appointed Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts following the election of a Rudd Labor Government on 24 November. Widely known as a passionate advocate and campaigner on a range of contemporary Australian and global issues, he was the former president Australian Conservation Foundation, an activist, and former member of Australian band Midnight Oil. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/farewell-the-blockbuster-but-remember-the-rest-of-the-arts/ The nation’s capital was abuzz this summer as almost half a million people from across the country and from overseas flocked to Canberra for a once in a lifetime opportunity – to see some of the world’s great artistic masterpieces on display. With an extended season and even an overnight opening, names like Gauguin, Van Gogh and Monet helped inject almost $100 million into the ACT economy thanks to hotel stays, taxi rides and restaurant visits all associated with this blockbuster exhibition. It was a stunning success, breaking all previous visitation records for the NGA and exceeding the expectations of just about everybody involved in getting the exhibition to Australia. At the same time it showed just how much Australian’s are engaging in the arts and how much excitement an exhibition of this calibre will generate. But the rub here is that it’s not just about blockbusters. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Peter Garrett) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/farewell-the-blockbuster-but-remember-the-rest-of-the-arts/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/farewell-the-blockbuster-but-remember-the-rest-of-the-arts/#item2958 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:51:26 +0000 Peter Garrett | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/You-cant-google-your-way-out-of-climate-change/ Google ‘Google’ and you break the Internet – or so the urban myth goes.  Google ‘emissions trading’ and ‘Liberal Party’ and you almost have the same effect.  News articles, blogs, superseded media releases and the random night thoughts of IT addicted insomniacs await to take you on a virtual walk down memory lane – like one of those ‘best and worst of 2009’ montages we endured before New Years Eve. But just as relying on fake emails to mount a political case has its pitfalls, Googling facts and peddling them as truth opens up more cracks in credibility than a last-day pitch at the SCG. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Peter Garrett) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/You-cant-google-your-way-out-of-climate-change/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/You-cant-google-your-way-out-of-climate-change/#item2086 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:00:45 +0000 Peter Garrett | Author bios | The Punch