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Benjamin Richard "Ben" Oquist is Executive Director of The Australia Institute and a former chief of staff of Senator Christine Milne and former Senator Bob Brown of the Australian Greens. Senator Brown has described Oquist as a 'friend and confidant' but also as 'a core factor in the Greens becoming the third largest party in Australian politics'.〔Bob Brown (2014) 'Optimism: Reflections on a life of action', Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, p. 265〕 In a 2014 radio interview Brown stated that Oquist’s approach to strategy aligned with that of his own.〔http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/optimism3a-bob-brown/5646720〕 On June 29, 2015 Oquist become the Executive Director of The Australia Institute. ==Oquist as strategist== Oquist is frequently lauded for his 'skills as a political operative'.〔http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/09/26/greens-staffer-exodus-supporters-round-behind-milne/?wpmp_switcher=mobile〕 A sometimes controversial figure he has been described in a former role as an advisor to the Australian Greens as the holder of an 'awesome amount of power' and 'effectively a gatekeeper to Bob ()'.〔http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/09/26/greens-staffer-exodus-supporters-round-behind-milne/?wpmp_switcher=mobile〕 Senator Milne has described him as an adherent to a hierarchical administrative structure, citing this as the reason behind his subsequent departure from his role on the Greens staff.〔http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/milne-survives-push-to-axe-her-as-greens-leader-20130926-2uh2c.html〕 In one insight, in 2006 Oquist attracted the ire of the then Australian Democrats spokesperson Andrew Bartlett over Oquist's criticism of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) legislation.〔http://www.crikey.com.au/2006/05/05/andrew-bartlett-on-oquist-and-the-epbc/?wpmp_switcher=mobile〕 Bartlett accused Oquist of being an environmental 'fundamentalist' over his criticisms of the World Wildlife Fund and blamed an eagerness to score political points.〔http://www.crikey.com.au/2006/05/05/andrew-bartlett-on-oquist-and-the-epbc/?wpmp_switcher=mobile〕 On another occasion in 2006 Oquist issued an aggressive assault against Peter Garrett's foray into Victorian state politics, lambasting Garrett for getting "down in the muck with the best of them" and recommending that he campaign in "the outer suburban Melbourne marginals where his “bogan appeal” could have helped defeat anti-environment Liberals".〔http://www.crikey.com.au/2006/11/24/how-peter-garrett-trashed-his-moral-authority/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ben Oquist」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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