Midnight Oil - how times have changed....

[stripper on coke 0]

For the Midnight Oil fans amoungst us, have you heard about this............I guess being a stout liberal would not have sold so many evrionmentally inclined records in the past.

 

Wow, I always pictured Peter Garrett speaking on behalf on the planet, and the Green Party. Not changing sides now that he's a major legal firm partner. I guess the political retirement fund pays better then the mechanical royalties he currently recieves from record sales. I imagine the liberals have a better tax plan for people in his wealth bracket also......

 

I guess it's a different person who was the lead singer of the band I enjoyed so much.......Times change, hu.....

 

 

"Labor's star recruit, Peter Garrett, described himself today as a child of the Whitlam era who regarded election to Parliament as a fair dinkum serious honour.

 

Addressing the Young Labor National Conference in Canberra, Mr Garrett said there was a worrying degree of cynicism about political life in the community.

 

He said he had maintained a strong interest in the affairs of the nation throughout his career as a lawyer, musician and environmental activist.

 

"As a child of the Whitlam era, as beneficiary of the Commonwealth support for university education, my formative years were those which saw the real difference a brave national government can make to the life of the nation," he said.

 

"Along the way I ended up in a rock band and that was great fun."

 

The one-time rock star now has Canberra in his sights, by way of the safe Sydney Labor seat of Kingsford Smith, to be vacated by Labor stalwart Laurie Brereton.

 

His recent abrupt transition to Labor political aspirant produced a series of shocks - from Labor members of Kingsford Smith who had an outsider thrust into their midst and from the Greens who had always claimed him as one of theirs.

 

In his address today to an appreciative Young Labor audience - most likely the first of many as the election campaign gets under way - Mr Garrett seemed to indicate he had always been Labor at heart.

 

"Mark Latham, Opposition Leader, and leader of Labor, has brought a new approach to politics that excites me," he said.

 

"He is bringing fresh ideas into the political discussion and he is directly engaging with people around the issues that affect them.

 

"Labor is breathing life back into politics.

 

"I say loud and clear that the Labor values of enhancing community, equity of access to health and education, opening the political and economic system to greater accountability, facing up to the environmental challenges of the new century - these values are right on the mark for me and they are essential for Australia."

 

Mr Garrett said he was utterly convinced of that and that was why he was standing as Labor candidate for Kingsford Smith.

 

"I hope by taking this step it will re-engage young Australians who care about their country and want to become involved as well," he said."

 

 

What do you think ???

[fukdane 2]

I think Midnight Oil are shite.

And I never listen to what rock stars have to say.

[sunrise 0]

Let's see what he he winds up doing before passing judgement. Re-read the lyrics of the songs he sang - US Forces, False Memories, the Power and the Passion and many more. Going to Labor doesn't mean he's given up those things and his Green side. Let's see.

[Plucky 0]

Sounds good to me. Surprisingly, I'm a big MO fan. Pete's been a lawyer since the early 90's. He knows what he's doing. I agree with surise - don't pass judgement yet. I think he has a good idea about what's up.

 

Fukdane - thanks for the opinion. Christ, if I would have said that I would have been chastised by anyone not from America. I'm glad you can freely voice your opinion. I'm just an idiot cause I grew up in the US. my bad.