Fed: Brown says Labor has "gulped" Garrett

AAP General News (Australia)
04-29-2007
Fed: Brown says Labor has "gulped" Garrett

CANBERRA, April 29 AAP - Former anti-nuclear activist cum Labor frontbencher Peter
Garrett has been gulped up by the Federal opposition, Australian Greens leader Bob Brown
says.

"Grandma Party says `come a little closer Little Red Riding Hood and change us from
inside' and then `gulp' and that's the last you hear," Senator Brown told Network Ten.

"All we're left with is hope.

"Hope that somewhere down the line Peter will be able to influence Labor in ameliorating
a policy which, as you saw yesterday, went through the Labor Party yesterday not on its
merits but so it wouldn't embarrass Kevin Rudd.

"What an extraordinary failure of principle."

The Greens tried to woo Mr Garrett before he joined Labor at the last election and
Senator Brown said he was happy the former rock singer was the opposition's environment
spokesman.

"We're going to see Peter advocating further uranium mining and exports and people
are going to shake their heads around the country.

"Personally, I'm pleased he's in there, I think he'd be the best person that Labor's
got to be the next minister for the environment."

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