Peter Garrett is a renowned campaigner, musician and former politician. He is the lead singer of Midnight Oil, one of Australia’s greatest rock bands, known for music that amplifies peace, social justice and environmental activism. 

Garrett was president of the Australian Conservation Foundation, before entering parliament as a Labor MP in 2004. Across his tenure in parliament, he served terms as Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, and as Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth. As Environment Minister, Garrett introduced Australia’s first e-waste recycling scheme and was instrumental in the campaign to end “scientific whaling” in Antarctica. He oversaw the expansion of protected reserves on land and at sea, including Indigenous Protected Areas. 

Garrett holds three honorary degrees, is a Member of the Order of Australia, and is an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (France). In 2010, he received the ‘Leaders for a Living Planet’ award from WWF International.