Robert James Brown is an Australian former politician, medical doctor and environmentalist. He was a senator and the 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 and the first openly gay leader of an Australian political party.
Brown after being elected to the Senate in the 1990s
Brown lays out the Green's climate change policies in the lead-up to the 2007 federal election
Brown at a climate change rally in Melbourne on 5 July 2008
Adam Bandt, Brian Walters and Brown during the campaign for the 2010 Victorian state election
The Australian Greens, commonly referred to simply as the Greens, are a confederation of green state and territory political parties in Australia. As of the 2022 federal election, the Greens are the third largest political party in Australia by vote and the fourth-largest by elected representation. The leader of the party is Adam Bandt, with Mehreen Faruqi serving as deputy leader. Larissa Waters currently holds the role of Senate leader.
Sydney Greens in the 1980s, the first political party in Australia to use the label Green
Bob Brown lays out the Greens' climate change policies in the lead-up to the 2007 federal election
All Greens members in federal parliament following the 2022 election
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