Wedge-tail eagles, the swift parrot and other rare bird species are losing their habitats due to logging of Tasmania's forests, while the resulting wood chips that are exported to Japan are used to fire boilers to provide "green" electricity there. The irony in this was inescapable, when Australian Greens leader Senator Bob Brown pointed it out in his address to FCA members and guests in Sydney on 4 November, as it also was when Senator Brown told his audience of over 30 foreign correspondents that Australia's carbon emissions would be reduced immediately by 20 per cent, if we stopped logging our forests now.

Footage copyright Foreign Correspondents Association - Richard Monk

Senator Brown talks about the arson attack on Camp Florentine. A protest camp in the Southern Forests of Tasmania that was targeted by pro-logging vigilantes.

A peaceful action by conservationists in the Upper Florentine was targeted by violent logging contractors, with one activist kicked in the head and the blockade attacked with a sledgehammer.

Ronan Lee continues to talk about joining the Greens

Ronan Lee MLA for Indooroopilly joins the Queensland Greens

Senator Bob Brown talks about the return of the endangered swift parrot to the forests of Wielangta, in southern Tasmania.

Senator Bob Brown calls for a $30 a week increase for Australian pensioners.

Senator Bob Brown's speech at the Climate Torch Relay, Mary River Queensland.

Senator Bob Brown joins the ACT Tibetan community for a vigil outside of the Chinese embassy in Canberra, Australia.