Posted by
BLOGASSAULT on Saturday, December 29, 2007 11:23:52 AM
Remember the 80's band
Midnight Oil? The lead singer,
Peter Garrett is now Australia's new Minister of the Environment.
Come to find out, he has been a large part of the fight for the environment in Australia's government.
A longtime environmental campaigner and advocate for Aboriginal rights, Garrett made his first foray into politics with an unsuccessful bid for the Senate as a member of the Nuclear Disarmament Party in 1984.
Alongside his singing career, Garrett also served as head of the Australian Conservation Foundation during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and sat on the international board of the environmental group Greenpeace.
It is also interesting to know that his personal beliefs are admirable.
Since being elected in 2004, he has worked hard to tone down his wild image, favoring dark suits over blue jeans and leather boots. A self-avowed Christian, Garrett is also fiercely private about his personal life, rarely discussing his wife and three daughters.