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Midnight Oil frontman is Australia's new environment minister

Posted at 11:26 AM on 29 Nov 2007

Peter Garrett, former singer for rock band Midnight Oil, has been appointed the environment minister in Australia's new regime. Garrett, who has been a member of the Australian Parliament since 2004, will be a duet with new Minister for Climate Change and Water Penny Wong.

sources: Associated Press, Agence France-Presse

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Peter Garret is also a staunch christian

I have heard that in the USA there are an awful lot of staunch christians who believe that doing anything to reverse climate change is a defiance of Gods will. The rational being either that humanity deserves to recieve Gods punishment (never mind all other species of plant and animal of course) or that Humans aren't responsible for it and it is simply Gods punishment, which is fine by them because they just love a bit of punishment.
Peter Garret was not averse to bible bashing people for 500km when they were trapped in a tour bus with him in the old days as an 'Oils' icon. Perhaps he could now have a word with that portion of the US constituency who think nothing should be done about looking after the enviroment. Might even convert a few who could then go on about it 'till dawn with their old friends.

by simon seasons at 1:16 PM on 01 Dec 2007

This rocks! (literally)

Maybe ol' Peter Garrett can help write an eco-song that doesn't suck. Or maybe he can actually do something that makes a more tangible difference. I wish the best to him in this new role. I'm very glad he's there.

On a side note, I'll never forget the Midnight Oil show I hitchhiked to in Stuttgart, Germany (getting picked up on an autobahn on-ramp at dusk (not a good place/time to be hitchhiking!) by a carload of ... yup, you guessed it, Midnight Oil fans going to the gig! It's enough to make you believe in synchronicity.)

by dhwert at 8:51 AM on 03 Dec 2007

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