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Lee is the Australian Greens spokesperson on Democracy. The Greens are committed to reforms that give people more of a say in how Australian government works and introduces proportional representation. The Greens are campaigning to remove the corrupting influence of donations from Australian politics and to strengthen the democratic values of our voting system. 

The Greens are committed to ensuring that those marginalised and with little power have their voice heard and can genuinely participate in the political process.   We are working to tighten the federal lobbyist code of conduct which is weak and lags behind other countries.

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Old parties weaken FOI, protect MPs expenses

19 Jun 2013
Labor and Coalition MPs united in the Senate late last night to increase secrecy around MPs expenses and the workings of parlia...
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Labor should pull back on govt ads that spin for election

01 May 2013
The Australian Greens today called on the Gillard government to publicly release details of its planned multi-million dollar a...
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Lee Rhiannon on ABC24 Capital Hill

18 Apr 2013
Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon appeared on ABC 24 Capital Hill with Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg talking about Australia's planned l...
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Lee Rhiannon discusses lowering the voting age with 2GB Drive

09 Apr 2013
Australian Greens democracy spokesperson Senator Lee Rhiannon discusses the merits of lowering the voting age to 16 years, with...
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Federal Children's Commissioner should examine lowering the voting age

04 Apr 2013
The Australian Greens are calling on the new federal Children's Commissioner, Ms Megan Mitchell, to consult with young people a...
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Greens ensure direct voter enrolment passes into law

17 Mar 2013
The Coalition’s continuing tactics of throwing up roadblocks against ‘direct enrolment’ reforms to boost the ...
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Speech to Senate - Electoral Amendment (Improving Electoral Administration) Bill 2013

17 Mar 2013
Lee speaks in support of the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Administration) Bill which furthers 'direc...
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Sen Lee Rhiannon responds to Four Corners report on ICAC and NSW Labor

12 Mar 2013
Greens Senator for NSW and democracy spokesperson Lee Rhiannon does a doorstop discussing last night's Four Corners program and...
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Labor's attack dogs bite Green hand that could help them: Australian op ed by Lee Rhiannon

28 Feb 2013
NSW has long been viewed as a Labor state. Yet this power base is unravelling. Labor is reeling from plummeting poll results, d...
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Sinodinos and Australian Water donations show reform overdue

27 Feb 2013
The controversy surrounding Australian Water Holdings and its former chair Arthur Sinodinos over donations to both federal and ...
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