Peter Garrett

Musician, activist, former federal minister.

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

I’m delighted to announce that in the lead-up to The Alter Egos appearance at Queenscliff Music Festival, we’ll be heading to Sydney, Brisbane and Brunswick Heads for a few intimate shows in November.

GP on sale Tues 30 June at 10am AEST.

Full details: https://t.co/MNo0ddpd56

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Millions of songs have been included in giant datasets used to develop AI systems.

“It’s up to Tony Burke and the PM … to guarantee Australian artists aren’t roadkill in the lust for unimpeded profits by foreign-owned AI giants,” - Peter Garrett

👉 https://t.co/4SQNIjWCO7

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

Closing out the APRAs like this was poignant, bitter sweet but definitely worth doing - especially surrounded by so much talent - what a way to remember our brother in music.

Watch the full performance on Youtube: https://t.co/vCBuQF7idB

@apraamcos @midnightoilband @thepresets

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

So important to read. Only slowing emissions will "buy crucial time for humanity to adapt." No more gas/coal. #ClimateEmergency. Renewables and electro tech now. 'Melting in Antarctica: What scientists saw at the Thwaites and Cook glaciers last summer https://t.co/MqJ7LPNwJi

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Honoured & excited to be Chair of Landcare Australia. Over 35 years, Landcare has grown into something truly remarkable — an outstanding world first conservation program that now spans rural, regional and urban Australia. Read the full announcement, here: https://t.co/GUSCDVfpnJ

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Super urgent: The Kimberley, including the mighty Martuwarra/Fitzroy River is far too precious to despoil with fracking. Please take a moment to support this important campaign, here: https://t.co/PtJBpeVabs

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

We are shattered and grieving the loss of our brother Rob. For now there are no words but there will always be songs. Love Always from Jim, Martin & Pete.

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

Our better angels & nature herself, to be drawn on in '26. Peter Garrett’s passionate play for power of the sea https://t.co/bVR5nrcpCg

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

Our wellbeing, our future — our very existence, depends on a healthy planet.

The Environmental Music Prize celebrates artists using music to spark urgent climate action, and there are some incredible songs in the mix.

Voting closes this Sunday: https://t.co/8tHH433EHM

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

In ’24 we (Martin and I) played for Rising Tide in Newcastle. 12 months on continuing failure by governments to reign in fossil fuels and the climate crisis, means these actions and all who support them are needed more than ever.

https://t.co/lAVQvQ8YOA

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

This is a big, and necessary win for free speech. The Trumpian overtones in Adani’s actions acquiesced to by successive QLD governments were appalling. At a time of #climate emergency citizens must be able to undertake peaceful democratic activism.

https://t.co/GEgXGlpEhC

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

INNOCENCE PARTS 1 & 2: 2025 ENVIRONMENTAL MUSIC PRIZE - FINALIST. Big thanks to @EnvMusicPrize for the nomination, it means the world to me. I can’t wait to check out fellow nominees - these are really songs for the time we find ourselves in: https://t.co/8tHH433EHM

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

Looking forward to joining director Yaara Bou Melhem for a special preview screening of the incredibly moving ‘Yurlu | Country’, followed by a Q&A, in Randwick this Thursday.

If you’d like to join us, you can book your ticket here: https://t.co/vAHI1FB5Cg

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A good first step …

https://t.co/sTYJIwfLZt

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

40 years ago, after a resolute, successful campaign get their land, traditional owners at Uluru showed incredible generosity by leasing the land to all Australians enabling the creation of Uluru/Kata Tjuṯa National Park. Our shows out there were amongst the most meaningful ever.

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

I’m pleased to share that I’ve been invited to join the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) as an Honorary Fellow for 2025.

ATSE stands for the power of applied knowledge and innovation to make real-world change, something we need more than ever.

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

I'm heading north next week for a keynote address at the Australian Land Conservation Alliance Conference, Gimuy/Cairns. With climate chaos putting healthy landscapes under the pump, this is an important gathering. May bold ideas + practical action rule! https://t.co/9NsQlUuGcN

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

The Kimberley region is special: extraordinary landscapes, rich culture, brilliant coastline. WA Labor gov mustn’t allow horrendous fracking, or massive gas developments to disfigure and ruin this part of Oz. Australia's Great North Conference Declaration: https://t.co/b2iJZh0FMs

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

NT & northern Australia will define our future: rising climate risks, failures of duty of care, and threats to our rivers, land & sea from bad decisions. Read more from my Australia’s Great Northern Conference Keynote, here: https://t.co/ezkyZsDa7L

@kirsty_howey @miliwanga

[Peter Garrett @pgarrett]

Today at Jabiluka with Traditional Owner Yvonne Margarula & family, on their first “legal” return to country in 40+ years. Soon this land will join Kakadu NP after one of the most important land rights & conservation struggles in modern Australia. A really important day.