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It came as a surprise to some that Bob Brown was acknowledged as our most influential politician in The Australian‘s Top 50 survey of Australia’s most powerful figures in politics. If the claim had been made by the ABC or Fairfax it might have been easily dismissed as preferential bias - but coming from the Oz it can only be taken as a disgruntled admission of the Green leader’s success and political prowess.

Despite what we might personally think about the Greens’ policies, if we look at the current state of play in Canberra its hard to argue with The Australian‘s assessment. The Greens leader is the most stable and secure party leader in the Australian parliament.
Despite being just a few years younger than John Howard, Brown appears to be in his political prime. His status is international - as the man who founded the world’s first ever Green Party in Tasmania in the 1970s and took his vision all the way to the national stage. As a politician, he has outlived them all. Bob Brown has even been described by Tony Abbott as the “real Prime Minister” of Australia.
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We need marine parks.

That very statement is going to land me in hot water with thousands of Australian recreational anglers, whose pasttime, and in some cases livelihood, is under genuine threat from the implementation of marine sanctuaries and no-fishing zones around the country.
I say it, though, to make it known right off the bat that I am an environmentalist, and have been a Greens voter in the past. You won’t find many anglers who believe that protecting our oceans isn’t crucial, and it is in this sense the truth has been lost in an ongoing heated debate.
The ‘us and them’ battle for access to fishing spots has painted us bloodthirsty murderers and the Marine Parks Authority as knights in shining green armour.
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Jerome - fishing charters perth says:
We must protect the marine park. Man people abused it. Read more »
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Ryan says:
I read something like 69% of the SA coast. That’s hardly tiny. Read more »
“Have you seen any good examples of greenwash lately? It seems to have died down hasn’t it?”

This question was put to me by a newspaper journalist recently.
That’s the thing with greenwash, it’s hard to spot if you don’t know what you’re looking for. Greenwash is a term given to marketing claims that suggest a product or company is more environmentally friendly than it actually is. The Trade Practices Act forbids misleading claims. But it’s sometimes difficult for investigators to spot, let alone consumers. That’s the problem.
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Jay says:
Some environmental claims are more and more becoming like other esoteric woo woo (like Homeopathy, herbal cancer remedies and Chiropractors to name but a few proved fakes). Claims such as ‘Clean Coal’, ‘Nuclear energy is cheap’ and ‘Compact Fluorescent Lighting has a smaller carbon footprint over incandescent’ –when hit with… Read more »
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Shane From Melbourne says:
What about the reverse- people refuse to drink recycled water even though it is proven scientifically to be sterile. Read more »
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