7th August 2019 https://youtu.be/RzdQwMdvH4U The Hon. MARK PEARSON (12:38): I direct my question to the Hon. Bronnie Taylor, representing the agriculture Minister. Will the Minister confirm that up to 100 landholders who face prosecution for illegal land clearing have...
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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...
NSW 2019 Budget and mental health funding
20th June 2019 STATE BUDGET AND MENTAL HEALTH https://youtu.be/3j2jIspM-FY The Hon. MARK PEARSON (12:11): My question is directed to the Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women. Have funds been allocated in the budget specifically for the treatment and...
How we treat the many other species with whom we share this planet
18th June 2019 FOOD ANIMAL WELFARE https://youtu.be/ft6GEaICnCM The Hon. MARK PEARSON (18:40):I congratulate Ms Cate Faehrmann on her notice of motion last month acknowledging No Meat May, the campaign founded in 2013 to encourage people to avoid meat for a month. The...
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...
AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMAL WELFARE DISASTER AT MENINDEE LAKES
16th January 2019 Mismanagement of Minindee Lakes has caused an environmental and animal welfare disaster. The continual draining of the lakes system has caused immeasurable suffering and damage. The reason given for draining the lakes is that "the lakes evaporate...
INQUIRY INTO SUSTAINABILITY OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IN NSW
16th November 2018 One of Mark Pearson's responsibilities (and a privilege) is to sit on the Legislative Council's "Industry and Transport" Committee. Recently the Committee conducted an inquiry into the sustainability of dairy in NSW. This gave Mark the...
REQUEST FOR GREYHOUND RACING INDUSTRY STATISTICS ON REHOMED NUMBERS
24th October 2018 Questions without notice. The Hon. MARK PEARSON (15:12): My question is directed to the Hon. Niall Blair, representing the Hon. Paul Toole, Minister for Racing. The New South Wales Government subsidises the greyhound racing industry to the tune of...
“THE MAN HE KILLED” BY THOMAS HARDY
14th November 2018 Notice of motion. https://youtu.be/82iR7AelrR8 The Hon. MARK PEARSON (11:06): I move: (1)That this House commends the works of Thomas Hardy, poet and author who: (a)was born near Dorchester in 1840 into a stonemason's family; and (b)became renowned...
WARRAGAMBA DAM WALL RAISING – EFFECTS ON WILDLIFE BY PURPOSELY FLOODING PARTS THE NATIONAL PARK
20th November 2018 Questions without notice. The Hon. MARK PEARSON (16:13): My question is directed to theMinister for Primary Industries, Minister for Regional Water, and Minister for Trade and Industry. As the Minister responsible for animal welfare, what...
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