A ƙarshen 1970s ya fito a matsayin jagora na yakin neman hana gina Franklin Dam, wanda zai ambaliya kogin Franklin kwarin a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin samar da wutar lantarki. Brown yana cikin mutanen 1500 da aka kama yayin zanga-zangar yayin yakin. Daga baya ya shafe kwanaki 19 a gidan yarin Risdon na Hobart. A ranar da aka sake shi a 1983, ya zama dan majalisar dokokin Tasmania na kujerar Majalisar Denison bayan da 'yan Democrat Norm Sanders suka yi murabus don samun nasarar tsayawa takarar majalisar dattijan Australia; An zabi Brown don maye gurbinsa a kan lissafi. Yaƙin neman zaɓe na Franklin ya yi nasara bayan gwamnatin tarayya ta kare kogin Franklin a 1983. Tambaya: A wace shekara aka nada Brown a matsayin darektan?
Shekara ta 1978