17th November 2017 MEDIA RELEASE Animal Justice Party MP, Mark Pearson calls for mandatory CCTVs in all abattoirs after yet another expose of animal cruelty; the latest in a poultry processing plant in Melbourne where footage shows spent layer hens entering scalding...
Media Releases
MARK PEARSON VISITS POZIERES TO PAY RESPECT TO THE ANIMALS FALLEN IN WAR
10th November 2017 Lest We Forget Throughout history, in war and in peace, animals and mankind have worked alongside each other. As "beasts of burden", messengers, protectors, mascots, and friends, the war animals have demonstrated true valour and an enduring...
ANIMAL JUSTICE PARTY INTELLIGENCE LEADS TO CHARGES AGAINST DOG TRAINERS FOR DOPING
14th November 2017 MEDIA RELEASE. Mark Pearson, MLC for the Animal Justice Party, lodged a complaint about what we believe to be evidence of systemic and widespread criminal activity in the greyhound racing industry. This complaint was sent directly to the Assistant...
MARK PEARSON – WHY I SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALITY
19th September 2017 I fully support the right of each person to marry the partner of their choice, regardless of their gender or sexual orientation. Marriage has changed throughout the ages, reflecting the values and aspirations of each succeeding generation. Up...
MEDIA STATEMENT
I wanted to personally apologise to all my supporters who may have read media reports about an error of judgement with my eating habits. As a long term animal rights campaigner I am fully aware of the impact of a person's diet on the suffering of others. I remain...
LOSS OF GREEN SPACE FOR ANIMALS
MEDIA RELEASE I congratulate the Total Environment Centre for undertaking their year-long project “SOS Green Spaces” which maps threatened spaces in 70 locations across Sydney with detailed information about local trees, native species, and resident action groups. The...
NO PLACE FOR CELEBRATING ANIMAL CRUELTY IN MARDI GRAS
2nd March 2017 As a young man still in his teens, I joined with friends from Newcastle and became one of the group of 78ers that participated in the first Mardi Gras. It was a distressing but also a celebratory experience. I remember looking at the police as they...
OPINION – WHO BENEFITS FROM SILENCING ANIMAL ACTIVISTS?
22nd December 2016 Recent media publications by The Land and The Guardian of meeting documents provide disturbing details of a forum held in August last year between agribusiness owners, NSW Farmers Federation, Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce and NSW...
MEDIA RELEASE-Animal Justice Party MP questions Katrina Hodgkinson’s priorities concerning Blantyre Farm’s DA
MEDIA RELEASE Mark Pearson, Animal Justice Party MP, has questioned why Member for Cootamundra, Katrina Hodgkinson, is advocating priority for the interests of intensive pig farmers Blantyre Farms, over the interests of her own electorate. Intensive pig farmers,...
GREYHOUND RACING INDUSTRY DRUG USE
17th November 2016 Adjournment Speech. Greyhound industry cruelty. https://youtu.be/H5WfLhqCkDw GREYHOUND RACING INDUSTRY DRUG USE The Hon. MARK PEARSON (16:38): I take this opportunity to inform the House that 23 different drugs that have been banned at the Olympic...
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