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MEDIA RELEASE: “Animal cruelty will remain the status quo”: the NSW Government’s rejection of an Independent Office of Animal Protection is a fatal blow for animals, says Animal Justice Party MP, Mark Pearson
by Elena Wewer | Dec 11, 2020 | Animal Cruelty Laws, Media Releases, News
The state government has condemned millions of animal to needless suffering by rejecting a key finding of a recent parliamentary inquiry into NSW’s animal cruelty laws, NSW Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party, Mark Pearson has said. “The government’s rejection...
“Get our animals off those hell ships”: with live export set to be banned in England and Wales, Australia must follow suit, says Animal Justice Party MP Mark Pearson
by Elena Wewer | Dec 4, 2020 | News
Australia has known of the horrors of live export for too long, and the death of the industry is imminent, NSW Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party, Mark Pearson, has warned. “The conditions animals face on live export ships is nothing short of tortuous,” Mr...
Dropping by the mid-north coast and meeting up with AJP Coffs Harbour Regional Group
by Elena Wewer | Dec 4, 2020 | koalas, News
Excellent to catch up with Animal Justice Party Coffs Harbour Regional Group last weekend when I was in the region launching Friends of Kalang Headwaters' proposal for a new conservation reserve. The beautiful forests and bushland of the mid-north coast urgently need...
The public have made up their mind. The science is clear. The whip needs to be banned. Here’s how you can help.
by Elena Wewer | Nov 24, 2020 | Bills, Horses, News
Did you see Professor Paul McGreevy's fantastic article in The Conversation? McGreevy is a Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science at the University of Sydney, who recently published a landmark scientific paper showing that horses have the capability...
BREAKING: 19/11/2020 – Koala Kill Bills Rushed Through Parliament
by Elena Wewer | Nov 19, 2020 | Bills, koalas, News
The NSW Coalition Government have pushed to debate the hugely controversial Local Land Services Amendment Bill 2020 with the hope of slipping it through parliament before the year's end. This is a sly, sickening act. In my speech today I will ask the members...
MEDIA RELEASE: “Koalas need all the friends they can get”: Animal Justice Party MP Mark Pearson to launch the proposal of a new mid-north coast nature reserve
by Elena Wewer | Nov 19, 2020 | koalas, Media Releases, News
EVENT: 12-2pm, Saturday, November 28 at Bellinger Valley Lodge. NSW Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party, Mark Pearson, will visit Bellingen this month to launch the proposal of a new nature reserve for the Upper Kalang, Middle Bellinger and Nambucca Rivers...
MEDIA RELEASE: “It’s time to ban whips in horse racing and ban sending racehorses to knackeries”: NSW Animal Justice Party MP Mark Pearson to introduce controversial horse racing bill to NSW Parliament
by Elena Wewer | Nov 12, 2020 | Bills, Horses, News
Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party, Mark Pearson, will introduce a bill to NSW Parliament this month to ban the use of whips, tongue-ties and spurs in horse racing. Mr Pearson is set to introduce his bill to NSW Parliament on Wednesday, November 18. “Whips,...
Meet me in Sydney this World Kangaroo Day! Saturday, October 24 2020
by Elena Wewer | Oct 23, 2020 | News
#WorldKangarooDay is tomorrow! There are events happening all across NSW - four in the Sydney CBD alone! I will be hopping (pun intended) from one to the next tomorrow morning between 10am and midday - please come and say hello! I will have hand sanitiser to...
Digger receives the Blue Cross Award for bravery in WW1
by Marcel Woolfe | Aug 27, 2019 | News, Speeches, Videos
22nd August 2019 BLUE CROSS AWARD https://youtu.be/4gJGkCANhkA The Hon. MARK PEARSON (15:00): Established in 1897, the Blue Cross Award is given to animals and people who have demonstrated bravery or heroism. Digger, the World War I dog, was awarded the Blue Cross...
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