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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.

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Greenpeace activist’s human rights still under threat

25 Apr 2009
The Australian Greens today renewed calls for the Australian Government to intervene in the treatment by Japanese authorities o...
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Government in the dark on Japanese whaling

24 Feb 2009
The Federal Government has no idea what whaling operations may have occurred in our own Antarctic waters, say the Australian Gr...
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Christmas Island Pipistrelle Bat facing extinction

07 Feb 2009
The Australian Greens today called on the Government to urgently invest in research to save the pipistrelle microbat, found onl...
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No compromise on halting all whaling

03 Feb 2009
A ‘compromise' package put forward by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) that would see radical changes to Japan's wh...
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Japanese whaling in breach of Antarctic laws

20 Jan 2009
The Australian Greens today called on the Government to immediately initiate legal action against Japanese whalers, following t...
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More action on whaling needed

29 Dec 2008
The Australian Greens today called on the Minister for the Environment Peter Garrett to explain why Japanese whalers were in Au...
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Beached As

10 Dec 2008
A New Zealand whale is beached, and rather confused.
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Senate urges immediate action on whaling

26 Nov 2008
The Government has a responsibility to act with urgency to stop Japanese whaling operations, said the Australian Greens today. ...
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Government missing in action on whaling

21 Nov 2008
Peter Garrett's confirmation that the Government will not be sending a vessel to the Southern Ocean this year to monitor whalin...
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Lack of Government action on whaling

21 Nov 2008
The Australian Greens today expressed deep concerns for the upcoming whaling season, after comments from Minister Garrett revea...
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