Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown has called on the government to implement all recommendations from the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) report released today.

Senator Brown recently moved in the Senate to have the IGIS report released but both the Government and Opposition blocked the move.

Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown, part way through the Senate inquiry into the minerals resource rent tax, spoke to reporters in Canberra today, calling for the mining tax to be extended to gold and uranium.

The anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake, the Greens' move for a Senate inquiry into the draft Murray Darling Basin plan, equal marriage, nuclear submarines, and the Labor leadership saga were also discussed.

Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown, Deputy Leader Christine Milne and Tasmanian Greens Leader Nick McKim outline prospects for an economic transition in Tasmania. Other issues discussed with reporters in Hobart included Labor leadership speculation. Senator Brown also reiterated the Greens' total opposition to the Nauru option and called for asylum seekers to be processed quickly and humanely onshore.

Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown spoke to journalists about the Fairfax reports detailing the Australian Federal Police spying on green activists.

Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown and Deputy Leader Christine Milne spoke to reporters in Hobart today amid the growing international furore over Malaysian logging company Ta Ann's destruction of Tasmania's native forests.

Senators Brown and Milne also answered questions about the onshore processing of asylum seekers, calling for the Australian government to adhere to international legal obligations.

2CC's Jorian Gardner interviewed Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown as the tired old big political parties bickered about the nation's humanitarian responsibilities.

Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown spoke to reporters in Canberra today after the tragedy near Java, saying that Australia should stand ready to accept the survivors if they are found to be genuine refugees, particularly the children.

Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown says Vaclav Havel, who died yesterday, was one of the great inspiring politicians of the 20th Century.

"His activism melded with a recognition that democracy, not guns, will prevail as civilisation advances. His philosophy of equality and decency towards all others was as persistent in his lifetime as it will be enduring into the future," Senator Brown said.

What a year to be Green!

Right from the start, 2011 has been a year of victory for the planet and for a more compassionate, equal Australia. Together we have achieved great things!

While the Gillard Labor government continues to short-change Tasmania, both the Australian Greens' leader and deputy leader are Tasmanian.

"Nationwide, Australians can look forward to continued effective representation by the Greens whether it's seeking a fairer tax burden for big corporations to fund health, education, public transport or clean energy technologies and national dental health care," Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said in Hobart today.