The Greens are objecting to the politics of Federal Environment minister Peter Garrett, who says his views 'are maturing,' as he distances himself from his socialist political beliefs that he made his fortune from as an angry young rock muso.
Since the election lefties have needled Garrett over giving the greenlight to uranium mining, back peddling on Indigenous rights and equality, & standing silent over really rather secret military installations operating in Australia that don't happen to even be Australian, so is GLW correct - has he sold his 'soul' or maybe, depending on what you thought of his music, he didn't have any to begin with? You'd have to wonder after watching this performance...
The grounding for Garrett's political career seems to have been limited to his public profile as front man for Midnight Oil all those years ago, and his rebellious lyrics.
But, unlike former rock drummer Andrew Bartlett, who has done his homework and then some, Garrett's policies seem to be curiously at odds with basic left-wing, or even centrist values, and he sadly appears not to be 'growing' into his role as a key Labor minister - big shoes to fill, even for the most experienced polly.
Does Garrett's failure to perform merely hark back to that age-old bias of instrumentalists vs vapid vocalists?
The 'maturing' statement, along with his recent policy decisions, seem decidedly un-Labor-like, but could potentially be quite Howard-esque.
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