Southeast NSW

Lee's portfolio includes support for the Southeast NSW region. A key campaign in this region is to end logging in south east NSW forests to feed the Eden Chip Mill.

Call for Kenneally to save koalas from logging

Greens MP and south east NSW spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has called on Premier Kristina Kenneally to step in to save a koala population under threat from logging in the Mumbulla State Forest.

Solution to Rees' environment blunder

It seems that NSW's conservation puzzle has too many pieces for Premier Rees to handle ... Lee has a clue for the Premier.

Swift parrot in Bermagui, urgent need to stop logging - Brown

Following sitings of the endangered swift parrot in a south east forest slated for logging in coming weeks Senator Bob Brown and Greens MP Lee Rhiannon have called on the state and federal government to ensure plans to log in this area are abandoned.

Crossborder Greens campaign to close woodchip mill

On Monday of this week I spent two hours at the Eden Chipmill, along with Greens MPs Sue Pennicuik, from Victoria, and Deb Foskey, from the ACT. We met with the mill managers and toured the site.

Auditor General's native forests report shows debt climbing from woodchipping SE forests

Greens MP Lee Rhiannon says today's Auditor-General report on the logging of native forests, which reveals losses from logging native forests are set to climb from $14 million last financial year, should be a wake up call to the government to close the Eden chip mill and end woodchipping of native forests in the region.

Auditor General's native forests report shows debt climbing from woodchipping SE forests

Greens MP Lee Rhiannon says today's Auditor-General report on the logging of native forests, which reveals losses from logging native forests are set to climb from $14 million last financial year, should be a wake up call to the government to close the Eden chip mill and end woodchipping of native forests in the region.

Manyana development approval dogged by donations law loophole

Greens MP Lee Rhiannon today called on Premier Rees to close a loophole in new electoral laws that allowed Shoalhaven Independents Group councillors to vote on a Manyana development application for a caravan park, despite the developer Malbec donating $2,000 to the group's head office in the lead up to the 2008 local government elections (South Coast Register today).

Manyana development approval dogged by donations law loophole

Greens MP Lee Rhiannon today called on Premier Rees to close a loophole in new electoral laws that allowed Shoalhaven Independents Group councillors to vote on a Manyana development application for a caravan park, despite the developer Malbec donating $2,000 to the group's head office in the lead up to the 2008 local government elections (South Coast Register today).

Tebbutt the new target for Save South East Forests campaign

The Greens have launched a new campaign to end the woodchippping of the South East native forests, targeting Minister for Environment Carmel Tebbutt in her seat in the Labor/Green marginal electorate of Marrickville.

Devastation in Bermagui State Forest, SE NSW

Lee's visit to the South East Forests for the local Walk Against Warming.