Women
Lee is the Australian Greens spokesperson on women. As a Greens MP in the NSW Parliament for over a decade Lee held the women’s portfolio and campaigned on funding for an Office of Women, women's health, the working rights of women, better services and laws for women subject to domestic violence and abortion law reform.
In the federal sphere Lee is continuing to champion women’s rights, including work/life balance and women’s representation in politics. She is also working on reproductive health as part of her work in the foreign aid portfolio. Lee founded the annual Juanita Nielsen Memorial lecture in 2001. Juanita was a community activist who disappeared feared murdered for her stance against overdevelopment in Kings Cross.
blog
02 May 2013
After the announcement that the abortion drugs RU486 and Misoprostol could be approved for tax subsidy by the government, Green...
media-releases
26 Apr 2013
Greens spokesperson on women Senator Lee Rhiannon has questioned whether women can trust opposition leader Tony Abbott’s ...
media-releases
26 Apr 2013
With the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee expected to recommend today that RU486 and Misoprostol be listed on the Pha...
media-releases
26 Apr 2013
In the lead up to the independent Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee’s recommendation that RU486 and Misopr...
media-releases
02 Apr 2013
The Australian Greens are deeply concerned that Children by Choice, a not-for-profit organisation, will no longer be able to he...
speeches-in-parliament
18 Mar 2013
Senator Rhiannon spoke in response to the United Nations communique on violence against women and work in Australia and around ...
speeches-in-parliament
13 Mar 2013
Lee gave an adjourment speech on last year's 30 year anniversary of the community group the Immigrant Women's Speakout Association.
video
08 Mar 2013
Australian Greens spokesperson for women Senator Lee Rhiannon outlines the Greens ten priorities for helping achieve women's e...
media-releases
08 Mar 2013
On International Women's Day the Australian Greens have called on the Gillard government to get behind ten priority areas to he...
media-releases
27 Feb 2013
The Australian Greens are calling on both Labor and the Opposition to voice their support for women's right to choose and pledg...
