As a Tasmanian student at UNE, I was glad to see the letter praising Bob Brown’s political career in your columns.
It is rare to see an MP from another state given so much support from what we call The Big Island. It’s worth remembering that Bob was born and grew up at Oberon in New South Wales before we were lucky enough to have him visit Tasmania as a GP and then get him to stay on. When he arrived back in 1972, he bought a property at Liffey which he has now given to Bush Heritage and there are not many MPs who give their house and land away like that.
Though we are sad to lose Bob as Senator, we are happy that he intends to keep campaigning around Australia and the world for the Greens, despite the hopes of those on the Dark Side who wish the Greens would just disappear. Thank you, New South Wales, for sending Bob to us.
Peter D Jones,
Armidale
