Ms Lee RHIANNON (1951 - )**
- Date of Birth: 30/05/1951
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | 27 Mar 1999 | 19 Jul 2010 | 11yrs 3mths 23days
54th (2007 - ) | |
| Member, Select Committee on the NSW Taxi Industry | 10 Nov 2009 | 19 Jul 2010 | 8mths 10days
54th (2007 - ) |  |
| Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 | 26 May 1999 | 29 Apr 2003 | 3yrs 11mths 4days
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| Member, Select Committee on the Increase in Prisoner Population | 17 Nov 1999 | 13 Dec 2001 | 2yrs 27days
52nd (1999 - 2003) | |
| Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 1 | 10 Jul 2003 | 2 Mar 2007 | 3yrs 7mths 21days
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| Member, Joint Select Committee on the Cross City Tunnel | 29 Nov 2005 | 19 May 2006 | 5mths 21days
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| Member, Joint Select Committee on the Cross City Tunnel | 6 Jun 2006 | 2 Mar 2007 | 8mths 25days
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| Member, Committee on the Office of the Ombudsman and Police Integrity Commission | 7 Jun 2006 | 2 Mar 2007 | 8mths 24days
| In place of Mr Breen. |
| Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 | 7 Jun 2006 | 2 Mar 2007 | 8mths 24days
| In place of Mr Breen. |
| Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 | 29 May 2007 | 19 Jul 2010 | 3yrs 1mth 21days
54th (2007 - ) | |
| Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 | 29 May 2007 | 19 Jul 2010 | 3yrs 1mth 21days
54th (2007 - ) | |
| Member, Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters | 26 Jun 2007 | 19 Jul 2010 | 3yrs 24days
54th (2007 - ) | |
| Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice | 21 May 2003 | 2 Mar 2007 | 3yrs 9mths 10days
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Political Party Activity
Joined The Greens NSW in 1990.
Community Activity
High School Students Against Vietnam War 1968. Organiser with Low Cost Housing for Glebe Estate from 1971-1976. Secretary, Waverley International Year of the Child Committee 1978-1980. Organiser for Bondi Junction Residents Action Group from 1974-1978. Member of Women's Advisory Council to the NSW Government, 1980-82. Secretary, Union of Australian Women (NSW Branch), 1980-83. Organiser for Women Against Global Violence and Women for Survival, 1983-85. Member of the Woollahra P&C, 1984-89. Organiser for Parents Support Public Education, 1998. Convenor, Coalition for Gun Control 1988-92. Director, Rainforest Information Centre, 1990-1992. Director, AID/WATCH 1993-98. Member of the Eastern Suburbs Leagues Club and Australian Journalists Association from 1984 - 1991. Currently a member of the Jessie Street National Women's Library, Australia Anti Bases Campaign Coalition, Workers Radio Sydney, the Ku-ring-gai Bat Conservation Society, the Vegan Society, Aid/Watch, STEP Inc and a member of the Public Service Association.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Higher School Certificate, Sydney Girls High, 1969. Bachelor of Science, majoring in botany and zoology, with honours in botany. University of New South Wales. 1975. Occupations - Zoo keeper, freelance journalist, lecturer in environment and development issues, social justice and environment campaigner. Director of AID/WATCH. Interests include surfing, bush walking and being with family.
Personal
Born in 1951. Has three children.
Additional Information
Member of the Eastern Suburbs Leagues Club and Australian Journalists Association from 1984 - 1991. Currently a member of the Jessie Street National Women's Library, Australia Anti Bases Campaign Coalition, Workers Radio Sydney, the Ku-ring-gai Bat Conservation Society, the Vegan Society, Aid/Watch, STEP Inc and a member of the Public Service Association.
First speech, 26 May 1999:
Index of all of Ms Rhiannon's speeches in the Legislative Council
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