Bob Brown And Clare Rewcastle Brown, Environmentalist Of The Year
Welcome to Follow The Money’s summer special series! If you’re taking a break this summer, but still crave a political fix, settle in a listen to the ‘best of’ from the Australia Institute’s live politics in the pub events this year.
Investigative journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown wanted logging in Sarawak to stop. The Malaysian Prime Minister wanted her jailed. Now he is in jail. And Clare Rewcastle Brown was awarded the Bob Brown Foundation’s Environmentalist of the Year 2018.
Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director at The Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett
Contributors:
Ben Oquist, Executive Director of The Australia Institute // @benoquist
Bob Brown // @bobbrownfndn
Clare Rewcastle Brown
This audio was recorded live by Clayton McDonald.
Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey // Additional editing by Lizzie Jack, Andrea Cantle.
Title Track: Jonathan McFeat pulseandthrum.com Find us on Twitter @theausinstitute // Facebook.
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