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About Me

A plan for Australia's future - not a stale scare campaign!
Have your say on election day
On Monday I went to the University of NSW in my electorate to hand out voting enrolment forms.
If you are not on the roll by 8pm on Wed 17 October, you don't get to vote.
Go to the Australian Electoral Commission website www.aec.gov.au to check your details.
At the shops: My tips
Gâ€™day, Iâ€™m Peter Garrett. Welcome to my MySpace.
After many years working as a musician and getting involved with environment and social issues, I came into Parliament in 2004 as the Labor Member for Kingsford Smith. I'm now Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment, Heritage and the Arts, which means I can concentrate on the things Iâ€™m passionate about.
This year Australians get the opportunity to vote at the Federal election, and I'll be doing everything I can to make sure a Rudd Labor Government is elected.
There's no doubt in my mind that the time has come for all Australians to put their hands up and be counted. With global warming an increasingly critical issue we need a government that takes this challenge seriously and is committed to building a long-term foundation of genuinely sustainable development and delivering climate change solutions.
We are a unique and smart country and I hold our environment, our heritage and our creativity in the highest regard. I want to give Australians great confidence in our future.
Over a period of 26 amazing years as Midnight Oil's frontman we played protest and benefit shows in many places including at Jabiluka in the Northern Territory's Kakadu National Park, Sao Paulo Brazil, Clayquot in Canada, the anti-Exxon performance on a truck-top in the streets of New York - and for me, most important of all - our 'sorry suits' performance at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games closing ceremony.
Iâ€™m a Life member of the Australian Conservation Foundation, having served two terms as president. In my first term, from 1989 to 1993, we achieved significant results for many threatened areas of the Australian environment including Coronation Hill in Kakadu, Shoalwater Bay in Queensland, the Queensland Wet Tropics rainforest and Jervis Bay in NSW. In my second term, the ACF grew strongly, developed partnerships with non-government organisations, progressive business groups and companies, and expanded its campaigning into northern Australia.

My Interests

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Around the house: My top 10 green tips

Climate change: we can't afford to wait a day longer

Music

Josh Pyke John Butler Trio Something for Kate Books

Clive Hamilton and Sarah Maddison, Silencing Dissent Stephen Scourfield, Other Country Andrew Darby, Harpoon: Into the Heart of Whaling Griffith Review, quarterly publicaton from Griffith University William Boyd, Any Human Heart Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope Geraldine Brooks, March Ian Lowe, The Big Fix Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report, www.ipcc.ch

I'd like to meet:

Other people passionate about our environment, climate and the Australian arts scene! People in my electorate of Kingsford Smith, and supporters of a future Rudd Labor Government.

Around the garden: My top 10 tips

My Blog

Have your say on election day

Friends,Thanks for taking the time to friend me and taking an interest in our political future. I get quite a few requests for personal replies and information. I am sorry that I just don't have enou...
Posted by Peter Garrett on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:11:00 PST

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Al Gore and IPPC for Climate Change work

I congratulate the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). I have met Vice President Gore and the ...
Posted by Peter Garrett on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:25:00 PST

Stop the Liberal Party -- dont let them stop you voting

The Prime Minister may call an election this weekend.Did you know that the Howard Government has recently made significant changes to Australia's electoral laws.Previously, the electoral rolls were op...
Posted by Peter Garrett on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:44:00 PST

Howard Government’s tricky targets not climate clever

The Howard Government recently announced some clean energy targets but the reality is that these targets were stolen from what the states are already doing. This announcement didn't represent any incr...
Posted by Peter Garrett on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:26:00 PST

New Directions for the Arts

On Friday 14 September I launched Federal Labor's New Directions for the Arts, a policy framework which confirms Labor's commitment to a vibrant, diverse and well-supported arts sector. In my speech ...
Posted by Peter Garrett on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:12:00 PST

My top 10 green gardening tips

Thanks for all your creative input on the best music for a short shower. Thanks also to all those who've written about the environment issues that concern you. I just want to let you know that I am as...
Posted by Peter Garrett on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:36:00 PST

Support the Humpback Icon Project ... Adopt a whale!

Australian coastal councils and communities are supporting the Humpback Icon Project by 'adopting' a whale. I congratulate the Sydney councils of Randwick, Woollahra and Waverley for their recent part...
Posted by Peter Garrett on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:49:00 PST

Rock enrol! If youre not enrolled to vote when the election is called you cant vote

Get on the roll! The Howard Government has passed significant changes to Australia's electoral laws. In the past, the electoral rolls were open for a week after the election was called, in order to a...
Posted by Peter Garrett on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:08:00 PST

Saving the planet one song at a time

Whether it's with Labor's plans for a 10-star energy rating system so you find it easier to know how to buy greener appliances, or our plans to offer you up to $10,000 in low-interest loans to switch ...
Posted by Peter Garrett on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:44:00 PST

John Howard cannot be trusted on nuclear reactors

The Prime Minister has done another about-face on nuclear reactors. Mr Howard simply cannot be trusted on nuclear reactors and waste dumps. His vague support today for local plebiscites on nuclear ...
Posted by Peter Garrett on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:32:00 PST