“In 1975 Dr Bob Brown, motivated by a passion to fight for the environment, stood as a candidate for the United Tasmania Group.
“This is widely acknowledged to have been the first Greens party in the world to contest elections, and the origin of the Australian Greens Party (of which he was a co-founder). He later went on to found the Tasmanian Wilderness Society and Bush Heritage Australia,” writes our newly-elected NT Chair, Dr Brooke Ah Shay.