Bob Brown


It’s not getting warmer!

The Typography of the Denialist’s Journey

One Nation is dying

At the Bob Santamaria Hospice for the Terminally Ignored

Rudd’s stimulus gets RBA tick of approval

So, which bright spark in the Coalition thought it was a good idea to support Bob Brown’s inquiry into the Government’s stimulus packages?

Political snippets: Brown & Turnbull: strange allies

Bob Brown is a strange ally for Malcolm Turnbull to have gained in the current economic debate about when and by how much should the Labor economic stimulus package be reduced. And yet politics is a strange thing, notes Richard Farmer.

Guy Rundle: Are Bill Heffernan and Bob Brown the same person?

The screw-up of the environment has got so bad that it’s vomiting back on the people who depend on it. What should the National Party do?

Political snippets: Campaigning for second preferences

Preferences set to play a big role in NSW politics, the two very different perspectives of Stephen Smith and Bob Brown, and the on-again off-again romance between China and Australia.

Political snippets: Australia’s newest electorate finally has a name

Poet Judith Arundell Wright has beaten out the likes of Joh Bjelke-Peterson and Ricki-Lee Coulter as namesake for Queensland’s new electorate, a Nazi garden gnome goes on trial, Bob Brown in a purple haze and more meaty chunks from Richard Farmer.

Baby on board: the kind of stunt the Greens crave

Claims that federal politics is “one of the least family-friendly occupations in the country” are simply absurd nonsense, writes Former Liberal Party Senator Noel Crichton-Browne.

Political snippets: Crikey Election Indicator meets Dancing With the Stars

Worlds collide as Richard Farmer applies the Crikey Election Indicator to Dancing With the Stars. Not that he watches it, of course.

Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Grimshaw v Ramsay

Crikey readers take sides in the great slanging match between the chef and the host.

Bob Brown should pay his own legal bills

Bob Brown is using his office as a senator to get his legal bills paid, and the media are willing accomplices in this cynical exercise in power.

Howard’s dead hand behind the Bob Brown bankruptcy scare

The possible bankruptcy of Greens Senator Bob Brown as a consequence of Forestry Tasmania’s demand for legal fees would be a victory from beyond the political grave for Paul Lennon and John Howard.

Talking the Town: mutants and deviants at Bob Ellis’ book launch

Bob Ellis was his usual cantankerous, curmudgeonly, vastly-entertaining self at the launch of his new book last night, writes Margot Saville.

The Media Monitors' Top 20: Costello makes a splash with his profound insights into… something

It seems in any week that’s going reasonably well for the Opposition, Peter Costello pops up — as he did this week, coming in 11th place for politicians in the media limelight.

What it takes to trigger an early election

Charles Richardson explains the nuts and bolts of triggering a double dissolution.

The republic: overcoming apathy to B-grade celebrity royals

Bob Brown’s renewed push for a republic should be welcomed: at the moment, we select our highest post by methods you couldn’t apply to a job flipping burgers.

Steven Fielding is meeting Jesus for a coffee at Zucchero in Manuka…

So how are you doing Steven?

If people want to know what mealy-mouthed cowardice looks like…

An ETS so bad, it makes tax and Liberals look good

The ground is shifting under the Government’s climate change approach and its previously politically strong position on the issue is being undermined, writes Bernard Keane.

It was a bit uncomfortable around the dinner table last night…

This is YOUR ETS!

It is late on Christmas Eve, Malcolm sleeps soundly until…

Hmm? What is it?

First Dog on the Moon presents the Crikey Politicians Pet Register

Who owns what and whom?

Bob Brown, G20, the Oz and Australia’s right to know

Why is Brown protecting the PM? Why is the national newspaper not applying to itself what it rightly lectures politicians about — the right of the public to know? asks David Flint.

Violence and extinction in Tasmania’s forests

It’s been a bad for Tasmania’s forests and for those responsible for administering them, writes Tim Hollo.

Greens go soft on Dick Smith

Why aren’t Bob Brown and his colleagues in the Tasmanian Greens outraged at the aggressive tactics of millionaire adventurer and developer Dick Smith?, asks Greg Barns.