
The former leader of the Greens takes the stage in Bendigo to share stories from his decades-long career standing up to powerful interest groups that have put profit before planet.

Bob Brown
Bob Brown is an environmental and social justice campaigner and former senator. A founding member of the Wilderness Society, from 1978 he led the successful campaign against the construction of the Franklin Dam. He served in Tasmanian state parliament for a decade, was leader of the Australian Greens and in 1996 was elected to the federal Senate. After retiring from the Senate in 2012, he established the Bob Brown Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation supporting environmental causes.