Anna Reynolds, international advisor to Greens leader Senator Bob Brown, responds to our discussion of Greens foreign policy:
I would be happy to provide readers with some more detailed and balanced information about the Greens policies and our Parliamentary work. I would be happy to provide some more information about the work we did in the last term to try and get foreign affairs issues debated in the Australian Senate.
Senator Brown regularly proposes motions for the Senate to consider and debate on a range of foreign affairs issues and I think readers would be disappointed that the major parties avoid debating these issues in the Senate. Greens Senator Scott Ludlum is an active and respected member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and has explored a great number of issues via the Committee and Estimates process.
For any readers interested in the detail on our activities on Foreign Affairs during the last parliament I would be happy to put together some materials for you or indeed post them on this site if the editor would be interested.
The Greens Party will be undertaking a comprehensive policy review in 2011 which will include looking at our current International Policies. I would be happy to hear from any of your readers who would like to submit ideas or papers for consideration in this process: anna.reynolds@aph.gov.au
