Edinburgh 2005

Tibet & Tibetan Buddhism Archive   An invitation out of the blue As a member of the Australian federal parliament between October 2002 and October 2004 with the Australian Green Party and representing the seat of Cunningham, I was a supporter of the Free Tibet! movement. During those two years my staff and I worked closely with the Australian Tibet Information Office to raise the issue of Tibet in the parliament, doing so on a number of occasions. The Tibet Information Office was based in Canberra and headed, at the time, by Tibetan exile Tenzin Phuntsok Atisha. The Office knew it could rely on my support, even after I left parliament.   Tibetan flag at Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, 15 October 2003. Held by Australian Greens politicians - Michael Organ MHR, Senator Bob Brown and Senator Kerrie Nettle, with the Dalai Lama's representative in Australia, Tenzin Phuntsok Atisha, following a meeting of the Australia Tibet Parliamentary Group. Late in 2005 i