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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 protecting. It’s not only koalas who call the stunning natural environment of the […]
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 to feel as much pain from whipping as humans. His new article in The Conversation, 10 Reasons To Stop […]
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 supporting the bill, “what are you going to say when your […]
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 regions. Mr Pearson will launch the Headwaters Conservation Proposal on behalf of […]
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, spurs, and tongue-ties are all inherently cruel and completely […]
More national parks and state reserves won’t be enough to stop the localised extinction of NSW koala populations, NSW Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party, Mark Pearson has said. Mr Pearson is urging the government to introduce “guardianship payments” to encourage private landholders to keep koala habitat. “67 per cent of koalas live […]
#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 give out, and lots of stories about kangaroos! […]
This a photo of me holding an issue of Good Weekend that I have kept since December 1997, when it was published. The striking cover shows a gorgeous piglet, with the following written underneath: “ ‘What about me?’: It’s strong on cats and dogs, but has the RSPCA abandoned farm animals?” The feature story inside, […]
Mr Hugh Marks Chief Executive Officer and Director, Nine Dear Mr Marks, I write to you with an urgent plea: do not broadcast the Million Dollar Chase on October 16, 2020. Earlier this month, Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) announced the TAB Million Dollar Chase Grand Final will be shown live on […]
Again and again, the NSW Government keeps failing koalas. Today, with the expert guidance of Save Sydney’s Koalas, I submitted my personal objection to the Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan. You can read my full submission below, but you don’t need to write your own to object the Plan. I urge you to simply sign Save […]
Koalas on the north coast and the Pilliga region will face extinction if the NSW Government and Santos get their way, NSW Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party, Mark Pearson has said. “In less than a week two death knells have sounded for koalas in NSW,” Mr Pearson said. On Tuesday night (October […]
John Barilaro’s decision to ignore EPA advice and insist Forestry Corp continue logging is a “prime example” of the NSW Government’s prioritisation of money over the environment, NSW Upper House MP for the Animal Justice Party, Mark Pearson has said. “The Deputy Premier needs to read the room and really listen to what his constituents […]
A mandatory review by the NSW government into the Greyhound Racing Act 2017 is censoring opinion from the public, Mr Pearson claims. The review is currently accepting submissions from the public, but does not include consideration of a greyhound racing ban. “It’s censorship to disallow a ban to even be discussed, and extremely hypocritical given […]
Mulesing will cost the Australian woolgrowing industry its future if it continues, AJP MP Mark Pearson has reiterated following the release of a new industry report. “Moving away from mulesing makes ethical and economic sense, and this report has proven that from the perspective of the farmers who have already done it,” said Mr Pearson. […]
A bill that mandates pain relief for mulesing and would eventually ban the practice entirely in NSW has been sent to an inquiry for consideration. The inquiry will allow the public to comment on the bill, which AJP MP for NSW, Mark Pearson, has encouraged the community to do. “Getting this bill sent to an […]