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Bob Brown and his Senate seat
<p>Bob Brown, Greens Leader of the Senate, is in a spot of bother. Having won a court case against logging in the Wielangta forest, the case went to appeal. The loggers won the appeal and the court ordered Brown pay costs of $240,000, by the end of June. If he is unable to pay, the loggers are threatening to have him declared bankrupt.</p>
<p>Bankruptcy would mean expulsion from the Senate, and would result in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Senate#The_composition_of_the_Senate">liberal majority</a> over the Labour/Greens voting block - it would shift the balance of power.</p>
<p>The Hobart Mercury <a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25605522-29277,00.html">reports</a>, <i>"Dr Brown said he had no doubt the Tasmanian Government and other "</i>minions of the logging industry<i>" were seeking to force him from parliament because of his long term quest to end all logging of Australia's native forests."</i></p>
<p><a href="http://bob-brown.greensmps.org.au/content/help-keep-bob-senate-wielangta-case">BOB BROWN</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/Media/docs/20090608-mrl-FT-payment-demand-with-letters-vfa-02c5d4cb-f13c-4efa-b387-1fbe7fab786d.pdf?source=cmailer">MEDIA RELEASE WITH LAWYER'S LETTER</a> (PDF)</p>
<p>Bankruptcy would mean expulsion from the Senate, and would result in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Senate#The_composition_of_the_Senate">liberal majority</a> over the Labour/Greens voting block - it would shift the balance of power.</p>
<p>The Hobart Mercury <a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25605522-29277,00.html">reports</a>, <i>"Dr Brown said he had no doubt the Tasmanian Government and other "</i>minions of the logging industry<i>" were seeking to force him from parliament because of his long term quest to end all logging of Australia's native forests."</i></p>
<p><a href="http://bob-brown.greensmps.org.au/content/help-keep-bob-senate-wielangta-case">BOB BROWN</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/Media/docs/20090608-mrl-FT-payment-demand-with-letters-vfa-02c5d4cb-f13c-4efa-b387-1fbe7fab786d.pdf?source=cmailer">MEDIA RELEASE WITH LAWYER'S LETTER</a> (PDF)</p>
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