Bob’s news from Greens around the globe

Some news coming across my desk about Greens colleagues around the world that I thought you may be interested in….cheers, Bob The German Greens turned 30 years old last week – they now have 68 MPs in the Bundestag! – Story The French Greens were featured in Newsweek in late December, as France’s Constitutional Court threw out Sarkozy’s carbon tax. Newsweek speculates that the ruling will lift the Greens vote further in elections in March.

Deadlock on climate action helps no-one

On December 2 last year, after being blind-sided by the unexpected elevation of Tony Abbott to the Liberal Party leadership, the Rudd government made a hasty announcement that they may well come to regret – that they would bring back their twice-defeated emissions trading bill a third time as soon as Parliament resumed in February.

Turning a blind eye to China

He was a mentally unstable father of five living on the streets of Poland when he was unwittingly lured to smuggle 4kg of heroin into China, say the relatives of Briton Akmal Shaikh, who was executed by lethal injection at the end of 2009.

Ask your questions on emissions trading

If you’re not entirely sure of what the Greens stand for on emissions trading, we have a new detailed feature piece on our website here . It sets out clearly what we want to see in an emissions trading scheme, how we have attempted over many months to negotiate with the government around their CPRS only to be rebuffed every time, and exactly why we cannot support the CPRS in its current form.

Racism does exist in Australia

This week has seen tensions between Australia and India escalate, following yet another attack on an international student. Indian authorities have issued a travel warning about increased violence in Melbourne. The Australian Government is in damage control.