Peter Garrett
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From 2004 to 2013, the tall, bald lead singer of alt-rock mainstays Midnight Oil served as a member of the Australian Parliament, representing Kingsford Smith, a small electoral division in New South Wales. Garrett’s tenure was marked with controversies due to what some constituents and music fans saw as a shift toward more conservative policies on environmental causes and arts funding. But he also did plenty of good, including halting Japan’s commercial whaling in the Southern Ocean and fighting for increased public school spending.
