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...
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68 NORTH COAST KOALAS KILLED ON THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY SINCE 2013
by Marcel Woolfe | Sep 5, 2018 | News, News Archives, Parliament, Questions, Videos
14th August 2018 Questions without notice. Graphic footage has emerged of a truck driver who ignored flashing warning signs set up by Roads and Maritime Services workers who were attempting to rescue an injured koala trapped on the Pacific highway. 68 North Coast...
THE RIGHT TO RELEASE BILL 2018 BY THE ANIMAL JUSTICE PARTY
by Marcel Woolfe | Jun 25, 2018 | Bills, News, News Archives, Parliament, Speeches
21st June 2018 Second Reading Speech. Right to release Bill 2018. https://youtu.be/-koEtWAX12E SECOND READING SPEECH I am pleased to introduce the Animal Research Amendment (Reduction in Deaths of Dogs and Cats Used for Research) Bill 2018. This is a bill that...
THE ANIMAL JUSTICE PARTY DEFEND WILD HORSES WHILST THE GREENS ADVOCATE FOR INHUMANE AERIAL CULLING
by Marcel Woolfe | Jun 7, 2018 | Kangaroo, News, News Archives, Parliament, Speeches
6th June 2018 During a heated debate, Mark Pearson delivers a powerful and thought provoking speech that clearly differentiates the Animal Justice Party from the Greens. The Greens may care about species, but the Animal Justice Party cares about individual animals as...
NOTICE OF NOTION – THAT THE LIVE ANIMAL EXPORT INDUSTRY SHOULD BE CONDEMNED FOR SYSTEMIC CRUELTY
by Marcel Woolfe | May 22, 2018 | Media Releases, Motions, News, News Archives, Parliament
17th May 2018 Notice of motion. Live animal export industry. https://youtu.be/G4eDIYfHrdo Motion objected to and debated by the Government. Read the full debate. (1) That this House condemns the live animal export industry, which has a 40-year history of systemic...
MARK PEARSON’S SPEECH IN SUPPORT OF THE MODERN SLAVERY BILL 2018
by Marcel Woolfe | May 4, 2018 | News, News Archives, Parliament, Speeches
3rd May 2018 Second reading debate. Modern Slavery Bill 2018. https://youtu.be/KhnaeSRxKhs The Animal Justice Party expresses its overwhelming support for the Modern Slavery Bill 2018 and commends all of the work done by the Hon. Paul Green and everybody who has...
VETERINARIANS MENTAL HEALTH
by Marcel Woolfe | May 3, 2018 | Community, News, News Archives, Parliament, Speeches
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...
NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES VISIT MY FARM INITIATIVE
by Marcel Woolfe | Nov 20, 2017 | News, News Archives, Parliament, Questions
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
by Marcel Woolfe | Oct 17, 2017 | News, News Archives, Parliament, Speeches
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
by Marcel Woolfe | Oct 17, 2017 | News, News Archives, Parliament, Speeches
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...
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