Peter garrett biography book
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Summary
The provocative, entertaining, impassioned and inspiring memoir of the Midnight Oil frontman, environmental activist and politician - a truly remarkable Australian.
Peter Garrett's life so far has been deeply felt and fully and passionately lived. A man of boundless energy, compassion, fierce intelligence and a questing and creative spirit, he has already achieved enough to fill several lives.
From his idyllic childhood growing up in the northern suburbs of Sydney, to the devastating early loss of his parents; from the height of s culture shock at ANU to fronting iconic Australian band Midnight Oil; from his time as a galvanising activist for the environment to being the only unaligned Cabinet Minister in two Labor governments, Garrett has an extraordinary story to tell.
He writes movingly about his lifelong mission to protect the environment and champion indigenous communities and issues, about his love for his family and his passion for our country: what it means to him and what it can become.
Provocative, entertaining, impassioned and inspiring, this memoir goes to the heart and soul of a remarkable Australian and raises questions crucial to us all.
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Big Blue Sky: A memoir
Here's what I learned: Garrett is an ALP conservative in the same mould as Bill Shorten. He has no time for socialists, resented Bob Brown for his ambivalence towards the Labor Party (doesn't Garrett realise the ALP is not even on the same planet as the Whitlam ALP he so admired?), dismisses the "expatriate" John Pilger and his film "Utopia" for the thinnest of reasons, and like all pollies, has managed to repudiate former items of conviction (e.g. strenuous opposition to Pine Gap) with a straight face and few regrets. In the case of Pine Gap, Garrett now thinks it is worth retaining for its contribution to the surveillance of disarmament programs. That's a huge stretch, and one that has alienated many of his fans, me included.
On the positive side, Garrett
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Big Blue Sky: A Reportage by Shaft Garrett
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Big Blue Sky: A Memoir by Peter Garrett
Allen & Unwin, $ hb, pp,
Biography
by Dennis Altman•
January-February , no.
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