Dr Richard Di Natale is Victoria's first Greens Senator, elected in the 2010 federal election. The son of Italian migrants, Richard grew up in Melbourne.
Prior to entering parliament Richard was a general practitioner and public health specialist. He worked in Aboriginal health in the Northern Territory, on HIV prevention in India and in the drug and alcohol sector. His key health priorities include preventative health, public dental care and responding to the health impacts of climate change. He also actively supports the Landholders' Right to Refuse Coal Seam Gas Bill 2011.
We welcome Richard to share his vision for Australia.
Thank you to the University of Melbourne Energy Research Institute, our Zero Carbon Australia project partners for joining us in bringing you this event.
Entry: Gold coin donation
Further reading:
http://richard-di-natale.greensmps.org.au/
http://richard-di-natale.greensmps.org.au/firstspeech
http://richard-di-natale.greensmps.org.au/content/parliament/speech/spee...
http://greens.org.au/people/richard-di-natale
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/richard-dinatale-3208160.html
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/senators/homepages/senators.asp?id=53369