Ms Lee RHIANNON, MLC

Member of the Legislative Council
Member of the The Greens
Term of service expires 55th Parliament (6 March 2015)

Contact Details

Address	Ms Lee Rhiannon, MLC Parliament House Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000
Phone	(02) 9230 3551
Fax	(02) 9230 3550
Email	lee.rhiannon@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Website	www.nsw.greens.org.au/lee

Parliamentary Activity

Current Positions

Position	Start	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	27 Mar 1999
Member, Select Committee on the NSW Taxi Industry	10 Nov 2009
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2	29 May 2007
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3	29 May 2007
Member, Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters	26 Jun 2007

Prior Positions

Position	Start	End	Period	Notes
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 1	10 Jul 2003	2 Mar 2007	3yrs 7mths 21days
Member, Joint Select Committee on the Cross City Tunnel	6 Jun 2006	2 Mar 2007	8mths 25days
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, Joint Select Committee on the Cross City Tunnel	29 Nov 2005	19 May 2006	5mths 21days
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3	26 May 1999	29 Apr 2003	3yrs 11mths 4days
Member, Select Committee on the Increase in Prisoner Population	17 Nov 1999	13 Dec 2001	2yrs 27days
Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice	21 May 2003	2 Mar 2007	3yrs 9mths 10days

Biography

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.

Personal - Born in 1951. Has three children.

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.

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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