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Budget 2013: Education, Legal Affairs, Mental Health and Veterans Affairs portfolio breakdown

17 May 2013
The 2013 Labor Budget will do little to ease the stress on Australians. Senator Penny Wright talks about what was in the budg...
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Lee takes the 'Live Below The Line' challenge

06 May 2013
For the next five days Lee will be living on $2 a day. It's part of a campaign called Live Below the Line that seeks ...
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Are Abbott’s careful words a smokescreen on RU486?

02 May 2013
After the announcement that the abortion drugs RU486 and Misoprostol could be approved for tax subsidy by the government, Green...
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Tasmanian Forest Agreement fails - entrenches native forest logging

02 May 2013
Lee Rhiannon blogs that Tasmanian’s forests are still not safe from logging because the new Tasmanian Forests Agreement d...
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On the fields of war and in pursuit of peace, we will remember them.

24 Apr 2013
ANZAC Day is a special day for any veteran.  But today will be a particularly special one for our peacekeepers. They now k...
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No need for small bar blues

03 Apr 2013
Senator Lee Rhiannon - blogLee responds to some public comments about a matter to do with her office and a new small bar direct...
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Labor and anti-discrimination laws – where did the wheels fall off?

20 Mar 2013
Did you know in Australia it is okay for a religious school to refuse an enrolment to a child just because her parents are ga...
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Q&A Education Policy Debate - Penny Wright's Responses

13 Mar 2013
Senator Penny Wright, Greens' Spokesperson for Schools, answers a number of key questions asked in the Q&A Education Policy Debate.
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Inspiring activism at Leard Forest Listen Up! gathering

11 Mar 2013
Blog post by Lee RhiannonWith two weeks of parliament coming up I was very much looking forward to a weekend camping trip. My d...
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Thank you Miranda - your 457 day forest treesit inspires

08 Mar 2013
 Blog by Lee RhiannonThank you Miranda - for your campaign to save Tasmania's forests and thank you for the inspiration.
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Blog: Australia's piercing silence on Sri Lanka must end

28 Feb 2013
What more evidence does the Australian Government need before it is willing to acknowledge that Sri Lanka must be held accounta...
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South East NSW forests flyover shows need for transition

19 Feb 2013
When I see destructive logging practices I think of all the animals that have lost their home. Lee's blog reflects on her fligh...
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Abbott’s first broken promise: will it be cuts to foreign aid?

08 Feb 2013
Yesterday's media announcement that opposition leader Tony Abbott was backing an $800 million cut from the foreign aid budget t...
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Penny's Blog: Intersex Australians overlooked in anti-discrimination laws

23 Jan 2013
In this day and age, we rightly say it is unacceptable to discriminate against people because they are male or female. Over dec...
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Show me the money

08 Jan 2013
The Greens' recent decision to have our policies costed prompted a range of reactions.
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