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...
Speeches
THE RIGHT TO RELEASE BILL 2018 BY THE ANIMAL JUSTICE PARTY
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
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...
MARK PEARSON’S SPEECH IN SUPPORT OF THE MODERN SLAVERY BILL 2018
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
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...
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...
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...
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