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The Hon Peter Garrett AM FTSE
Peter Garrett is one of our most prominent living Australians. A renowned activist and commentator, former politician, and member of Midnight Oil one of Australia’s greatest bands, Peter served as president of the Australian Conservation Foundation (1986-1990, 2000-2006), overseeing significant additions to natural protected areas, the establishment of the groundbreaking Landcare program, and the ACF grow into Australia’s preeminent national environment organisation.
This period included securing the historic Montreal protocol to protect the Antarctic from minerals exploitation, the decision to safeguard Coronation Hill in Kakadu and later Jabiluka, World Heritage listing of the Daintree Rainforest Wet Tropics, and the successful campaign to Save Jervis Bay.
As Minister for Environment Peter Garrett made more decisions to protect the environment than any minister before or since. He turbo charged spending on the national reserves system and Indigenous Rangers programs, legislated the first national e-waste scheme, and instigated the historic and successful International Court of Justice case against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean.
As Minister for School Education he was responsible for national curriculum, and for legislating a new needs-based funding system (the Gonski Reforms) for all Australian schools. The only Australian politician to receive the ‘Leaders for a Living Planet’ he is a member of the Order of Australia for his contribution to the music industry and the environment, and an honorary fellow of The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering. Peter is currently chair of Landcare Australia.
Following the release of Peter’s 2015 memoir “Big Blue Sky”, in 2015 he returned to making music with acclaimed debut solo album, ‘A Version Of Now”.
In 2017 Midnight Oil regrouped after a 15 year absence for “The Great Circle” tour, playing in 16 countries worldwide. The band then recorded two new albums –“The Makarrata Project” (with First Nations Collaborators), and “Resist” – both reaching #1 on the ARIA charts.
In March 2024 Peter released his second solo album “The True North”. Inspired by Australia’s natural environment the album debuted at #1 on the ARIA Australian Artists Album Chart.
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