Libby Connors
Libby Connors is Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern Queensland. Wife of Drew Hutton.
Green couple
Drew Hutton with Libby Connors 1998.
Greens activist
The Greens must act more like a political party than the ‘‘conscience of government’’ if they want to make the most of the swing against the major parties, say the party’s co-founders.
Long-time environmental campaigners, Drew Hutton and his wife, Libby Connors of Brisbane’s West End, co-founded the Queensland Greens in 1990 and the Australian Greens in 1991.
Mr Hutton resigned from his position in the Queensland Greens which included stints as state convener, campaign manager and spokesman this year to become a full-time activist for the state’s farmers fighting against their land being taken over for coal seam gas projects.
Dr Connors, a history lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland, is spokesperson for the Queensland Greens and is number two on the party’s senate ticket.[1]
Apologies SEARCH AGM 2017
Andy Alcock, Martha Ansara, Liz Atkins, Ben Bartlett, Gill Boehringer, Robin Booth, Danae Bosler, Amy Bracegirdle, John Brunskill, Matt Byrne, Libby Connors, Steve Cooper, Ray Cox, Jean Curthoys, Graham Drew, Leonie Ebert, Chris Elenor, Geoff Evans, Howard Guille, George Harrison, Ray Harrison, Kathie Herbert, Russ Hermann, Jack Humphrys, Drew Hutton, Steve Lewis, Bob Makinson, Caitlin McMenamin, Ian Milliss, Senator Claire Moore, Jack Mundey, Judy Mundey, Sonny Myles, Ian Paterson, Caitlin Perry, David Pink, Shannen Potter, Oliver Plunkett, Rose Read, Leya Reid, Paula Rix, Ted Riethmuller, Alice Strauss, Mary Sweeney, Sally Trevena, Tim Thorne, Chris White, John Wishart.
Hutton connection
Drew Hutton comes from a background of over 30 years in social movements and green politics. He was a founding member of both the Queensland Greens in 1991 and the Australian Greens in 1992 and has served both organisations in various capacities since then, most notably as the spokesperson for the Queensland Greens. Drew has published widely on environmental and green political themes including his edited work, Green Politics in Australia, in 1987 and A History of the Australian Environment Movement in 1999, written with Libby Connors.