Wollondilly Shire Council will tonight vote on a divisive motion that could see Council commit resources to supporting the greyhound racing industry. If passed, the motion put forward by Councillor Matthew Deeth would see Wollondilly Council commit its support to “the...
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We’re pigs, not pork: inside the largest piggery in the southern hemisphere
WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS If you eat pork, bacon or ham, this is a video you need to watch. To explore how pigs become pork in Australia, I recently visited Riverlea in Corowa, NSW - the largest piggery in the southern hemisphere. In Australia, 4.7 million pigs are...
Submission to the Draft Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan
Again and again, the NSW Government keeps failing koalas. Today, with the expert guidance of Save Sydney's Koalas, I submitted my personal objection to the Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan. You can read my full submission below, but you don't need to write your own...
Unity Principles
Together, NSW MPs Mark Pearson and Emma Hurst have developed a set of unity principles to guide their decision making within State Parliament. We believe in the in core principles of Kindness, Equality, Rationality and Non-violence. We believe it is our duty to take...
Milton Griffiths. History in the making.
Animal activism in Australia has a fascinating and, mostly, quiet and understated recorded history spanning far back. The records are mainly indented in archives of the media cataloguing extraordinary achievements such as the issue of freedom of speech and privacy...
Support for Sydney nightlife
Being an openly gay man and having enjoyed the gay strip from as far back as the controversial late 1970s I appreciate and support the importance of a relaxed, diverse and unfettered Sydney night life. Before the last NSW parliament rose Robert Borsak had introduced a...
COMPANION ANIMALS DESERVE CONSIDERATION IN RESIDENTIAL RENTAL AGREEMENTS
17th October 2018 RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AMENDMENT (REVIEW) BILL 2018 Mark Pearson moved an amendment to the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Review) Bill 2018. The amendment would ensure that companion animals would be given consideration in residential tenancies for...
CHILDREN AND THE NATURAL WORLD
25th September 2018 Adjournment speech. Mark Pearson on children and their natural empathy for animals. https://youtu.be/mFukEY0d2kk As adults we cannot fail to observe a child’s innocent delight in interactions with animals. On a more prosaic note, science tells us...
VETERINARIANS MENTAL HEALTH
2nd May 2018 Adjournment Speech. Veterinarians mental health. https://youtu.be/gHtm3EXIslE A series of studies conducted in recent years have identified elevated rates of depression, anxiety and suicide among Australian veterinarians, with a suicide rate four times...
MEET THE NSW SOUTH COAST GRASSROOTS AJP MEMBERS
19th February 2018 Mark Pearson addressed an enthusiastic and concerned local crowd of animal lovers and advocates at the Soldier's Bay club in Batemans bay on Monday 19th of February. Mark discussed his work in parliament and his proposed bills on banning the...
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