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...
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NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES VISIT MY FARM INITIATIVE
16th November 2017 Questions without notice. DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES VISIT MY FARM INITIATIVE The Hon. MARK PEARSON (16:43): My question is directed to the Minister for Primary Industries. The Minister recently spoke glowingly about the department's new...
NO MORAL JUSTIFICATION FOR ZOOS
12th October 2017 Adjournment Speech. ZOOS. https://youtu.be/4Mg2lnKcd7Y The Hon. MARK PEARSON (15:58): It was not that long ago that we exhibited deformed, mentally ill and indigenous people in exhibitions such as circuses and zoos. There is no moral justification...
THE ANIMAL JUSTICE PARTY DEFENDS INTRODUCED WILDLIFE
11th October 2017 Local Land Services Amendment Bill 2017. https://youtu.be/EqjXYjfMF6Y The Hon. MARK PEARSON (16:41): I speak to the Local Land Services Amendment Bill 2017. First, while the Animal Justice Party does not support the bill, I note that we oppose only...
THE STATE OF NSW LOCAL POUNDS
19th September 2017 Adjournment speech. Council Pounds. https://youtu.be/Oa4O6sQqLE8 ANIMAL WELFARE The Hon. MARK PEARSON (17:58): For many years I worked at Animal Liberation NSW and it was not unusual for me to receive complaints from distressed individuals about...
THREATENED SPECIES CHILDREN’S ART COMPETITION
14th September 2017 Notice of motion. THREATENED SPECIES CHILDREN'S ART COMPETITION The Hon. MARK PEARSON (10:03): I move: (1)That this House commends Forestmedia Network Incorporated for facilitating the 2017 Threatened Species Children's Art Competition, which...
MARK PEARSON’S SPEECH OPPOSING THE BILL TO REMOVE HOMELESS PEOPLE FROM MARTIN PLACE
9th August 2017 Second reading speech. Sydney Public Reserves (Public Safety) Bill 2017. https://youtu.be/Cvrjty1By0U The Hon. MARK PEARSON (17:24): The Animal Justice Party is absolutely dumbfounded by the Sydney Public Reserves (Public Safety) Bill 2017. I find it...
PIG DOGGING IS NOT A SPORT
9th August 2017 Adjournment speech. Pig dogging. https://youtu.be/1GZVzERqQ6g PIG DOGGING The Hon. MARK PEARSON (22:59): Pig dogging, a sport of bloodlust, is a barbaric practice in which specially bred dogs are forced to hunt wild pigs. Pig dogging, or dogging as it...
TROPHY HUNTING OF NATIVE ANIMALS
14th July 2017 Notice of motion. Trophy Hunting of Native Animals That this House condemns the killing of kangaroos, Australia’s national symbol, in canned hunting game parks such as the Ox Ranch in Texas, United States of America. That this House expresses its...
WHIPPING OF HORSES IN THE RACING INDUSTRY
14th July 2017 Notice of motion. Whipping of Horse in the Racing Industry That this House condemns Racing NSW for permitting the practice of jockeys whipping horses for the purported purpose of increasing the horse’s performance, given that it is an offence under s4...
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