Animal Welfare
Lee is the Australian Greens spokesperson on animal welfare. The Greens are the only major party to have such a specific portfolio responsibility. Before being elected to federal parliament Lee was a Greens MP in NSW Parliament for over a decade, where she also held the animal welfare portfolio.
Lee is currently campaigning on a range of issues, from banning live exports to protection of native species, more humane laws governing factory farming and empowering consumers to eat more ethically by ensuring proper labelling. Lee is excited about the surge of interest from the community in animal welfare issues and believes that by working with the community we can help drive shifts in government policy to achieve animal rights. She is a member of the Vegan Society NSW.
transcripts
19 Feb 2013
In Senate Estimates Senator Rhiannon asks the Australian Egg Corp, which represents 400 commercial egg producers,&nbs...
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19 Feb 2013
Australian Greens animal welfare spokesperson Lee Rhiannon questions Meat and Livestock Australia officials during Senate Estim...
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19 Feb 2013
Australian Greens animal welfare spokesperson Lee Rhiannon questions LiveCorp officials during Senate Estimates about their ope...
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19 Feb 2013
Australian Greens animal welfare spokesperson Lee Rhiannon questions officials from the Live Animal Exports Division during Sen...
media-releases
12 Dec 2012
The Minister for Agriculture Joe Ludwig can no longer brush off mounting evidence of the inability of the government's new live...
media-releases
07 Dec 2012
Federal Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig is under pressure to ensure 12 million plus battery hens in Australia do not continue t...
video
22 Nov 2012
Senator Lee Rhiannon and Helen Marston (CEO, Humane Research Australia) spoke to media at Parliament House on Senator Rhiannon'...
media-releases
22 Nov 2012
The Australian Greens have a new bill to ban the importation into Australia of live primates for research designed to address t...
speeches-in-parliament
21 Nov 2012
The Australian Greens animal welfare spokesperson Senator Lee Rhiannon has introduced a bill in the Senate to ban the importati...
speeches-in-parliament
21 Nov 2012
Senator Rhiannon gave her second reading speech for her Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Pr...