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Welcome to Lee Rhiannon's website
Lee Rhiannon is a Greens MP in the NSW Upper House and the Greens NSW spokesperson on transport, mineral resources, donations, health, industrial relations, animal rights, equality, political process and a range of other portfolios.
Lee's current campaigns:
Stop Coal mining expansion in NSW
Join the Greens campaign to stop the runaway expansion of the coal industry and instead make the transition to new renewable energy and manufacturing industries ... visit www.miningdirt.org.au
Ban Political donations - the Democracy4sale.org project
Since 2001 Lee has run the Greens' Democracy4sale.org campaign to ban political donations and clean up the corrupting influence of donations on politics ... www.democracy4sale.org
End Woodchipping NSW South East forests
The Greens are campaigning to save our iconic south east native forests from destruction by closing the South East Fibre Exports (SEFE) woodchip mill at Eden. ... see End southeast woodchipping website
Safeguarding agricultural land and water from mining
Lee Rhiannon's new bill to protect prime agricultural land and water in NSW from damage caused by mining and exploration is up for debate. See the campaign to safeguard prime food producing regions for future generations at miningdirt.org.au
Abortion law reform: it's time in NSW
Did you know abortion is still a crime in NSW, attracting a prison sentence of up to 10 years? That a woman or doctor can still be prosecuted in NSW? ... see the Greens campaign
- See the full list of Lee's current campaigns .. more
- Read about Lee's work in her various portfolio areas .. more
- Read Lee's latest blog -
- What's New? Juanita Nielsen Memorial Lecture, 1 June 2009
Lee's latest news and media releases:
QLD abortion case starts today: NSW must repeal outdated laws
On the day a young Cairns woman and her partner attend court facing criminal charges for procuring an abortion under almost identical laws to those in NSW, Greens MP Lee Rhiannon is seeking cross party support to remove abortion from the NSW Crimes Act.
CountryLink needs more than scrapped booking fee
Greens MP and transport spokesperson Lee Rhiannon says Premier Nathan Rees must do far more to reverse the hits taken by CountryLink over a decade of Labor government than scrap the pensioner booking fee it imposed in 2006.
Water before coal – one km buffer zone for Cataract Dam
Greens MP and mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has called on the NSW government to fast track protection buffer zones for waterways in coal mining areas to ensure Sydney’s drinking water supply in the Cataract Dam are safeguarded from coal mining. (Sydney Morning Herald, 10 June 2009, page 3)
81.3% increase in drive by shootings: ban semi-automatic pistols
Today's quarterly crime figures for NSW that show an 81.3 per cent rise in drive by shootings illustrate the need for a ban on semi-automatic pistols which are often used in such shootings, says Greens MP Lee Rhiannon and the National Coalition for Gun Control.
Liverpool Plains water study welcome, but Greens mining bill still needed
Commenting on unconfirmed reports that the Minister for Mining Ian Macdonald may today announce a catchment-wide groundwater study in the Liverpool Plains region, Greens MP Lee Rhiannon said that she would welcome the study but that the Minister's announcement should not be used to detract from another key aim of the Liverpool and Gloucester farming communities: protecting their land from mining.
