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  • Australian rock band "Midnight Oil", pictured in 1997
    Australian rock band "Midnight Oil", pictured in 1997
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  • Australian Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts Peter Garrett
    Australian Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts Peter ...
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  • Australian Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts Peter Garrett
    Australian Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts Peter ...
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    Australian Environment minister Peter Garrett
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    Australian Environment Minister Peter Garrett
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    Peter Garrett
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  • Australia's Environment Minister Peter Garrett (C-seated at back w/beige hat) sitting with Aborigine elders
    Australia's Environment Minister Peter Garrett (C-seated at back w/...
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  • Australian Environment minister Peter Garrett
    Australian Environment minister Peter Garrett
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Australian rock band "Midnight Oil", pictured in 1997
Peter Garrett's Biography

Peter Robert Garrett AM MP (born 16 April 1953), is an Australian musician, environmentalist and politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, since October 2004. After the Labor Party won in the November 2007 election, Garrett was appointed Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. He was lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil from 1973 until its disbanding in 2002. He served as President of the Australian Conservation Foundation for a total of ten years, and in 2003 was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for his contribution to the environment and music industry.

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  • News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 10 days ago
    They will surprise you with what they can do or what they can add to your own music...Gurrumul, the 39-year-old award-winning Aboriginal singer praised for his "voice of an angel", won a standing ovation at a Paris concert on Wednesday night. He is
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  • Blog Source: www.engagemedia.org | 9 days ago
    Environmentalists gathered outside the hotel where Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett was due to address a conference this morning. He was late for the party and escaped quickly after nearly everyone had left, but the reception ...
  • Blog Source: sydney.indymedia.org.au | 9 days ago
    I was in Kandanga Pub at 12.45pm on Wednesday (11 Nov) to watch the live telecast of Peter Garrett's statement, and amazingly, through a few tears and with shaking hands, I managed to take a handful of photos that were in focus :) ...
  • Blog Source: enpassant.com.au | 9 days ago
    Peter Garrett is the man who left his principles at the door in joining the Labor Party and accepting a safe seat. He is now Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts in the Rudd Labor Government. ...

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