AUSTRALIAN Greens leader Bob Brown has called for an inquiry into the extent of the Exclusive Brethren's influence in federal politics.

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National Climate Emergency rallies were held across Australia on Saturday June 13, 2009. Over 4,000 people attended the rally in the heart of Melbourne to protest the climate emergency afflicting the planet.

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Australian businessman Dick Smith has pledged to help Australian Greens leader Bob Brown pay a $240,000 legal bill which is threatening to force him into bankruptcy.

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Greens Leader Bob Brown says a raid on the Sea Shepherd's anti-whaling ship by the Australian Federal Police was outrageous behaviour. The Steve Irwin remains in Hobart after it was boarded by AFP officers late on Friday at the request of Japanese authorities.

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The Greens are urging the Federal Government to follow the United States in limiting the salaries paid to the top executives of companies that are bailed out by the Government.

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Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown has accused the Federal Government of risking billions of taxpayer dollars to prop up big business.

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Greens leader Bob Brown says Australia is implicated in torture carried out at the US military's Guantanamo Bay detention centre.

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The Australian Greens have released legal advice suggesting Gunns cannot start building its northern Tasmanian pulp mill. The document says the timber company first needs an operating licence.

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The Australian Greens have called for an investigation into how the Tasmanian timber company Gunns got the personal details of a group of forest activists.

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A woman demonstrator was hauled away shouting "No!" (PICTURE) as Australian PM Rudd announced a 5% decrease on 2000 greenhouse gas emissions by 2020; Greens described this policy as "failure".

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The Australian Greens leader, Bob Brown, is demanding the Prime Minister intervene to protect a rare parrot species from possible extinction.

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The Australian Greens are deciding who'll take power in the ACT after elections delivered a blow to the major parties and balance of power to the Greens.

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Greens Senator Bob Brown says the Government must push for a 25 per cent cut in its emissions and take a tougher stance on global cuts at next year's climate change meeting.

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The Greens say Australia should pay to eradicate cane toads from East Timor. Senator Bob Brown made the call after claims that Australia's INTERFET troops introduced the pest to East Timor in 1999.

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Greens leader Bob Brown has challenged Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to try living on the aged pension himself for a fortnight.

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The Greens leader Bob Brown says lifting Australia's reserves of native forests should be part of the Federal Government's solution to climate change.

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The Exclusive Brethren has accused Australian Greens leader Bob Brown of vilifying its church and members.

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Greens Leader Bob Brown has moved a notice of motion to refer a number of matters concerning the Exclusive Brethren Christian sect to the Senate's Community Affairs Committee.

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Greens leader Bob Brown says he will use the party's strengthened position in the new Senate to press the Government to increase the single aged pension.

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The Australian Greens leader Bob Brown has lost a last ditch attempt to stop the logging of Tasmania's Wielangta State Forest.

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The Greens are planning to set up an international centre in Australia to coordinate with the world's 80 other Greens political parties.

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ABORIGINAL children were injected with leprosy treatments in a medical testing program that used members of the Stolen Generation as guinea pigs, a Senate Committee has heard.

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Greens Senator Bob Brown has called on the Federal Government to support legislation in the ACT that would allow civil unions between same-sex couples.

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The Greens are warning the Federal Government not to expect a blanket endorsement of its legislation in the Senate.

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Greens leader Bob Brown has called on the incoming Labor Government to stop Japanese woodchip ships from docking in Australian ports, in protest against Japan's whaling program.

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