Latest News and Media Releases
Lee's media releases since 1 January 2009.
To see Lee's media releases prior to 2009, visit Lee's archive website.
Consultant fees for axed CBD Metro blow out - Clayton Utz paid $120,000 in one month
Greens MP and transport spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has called on the NSW government to provide a total figure for the amount spent on private sector consultants engaged to assist them to prepare the axed CBD Metro project.
AEC finalises count - Lee Rhiannon confirmed as Greens Senator for NSW
Final counting by the Australian Electoral Commission today has confirmed that former NSW Greens MP Lee Rhiannon has been elected as a Senator for NSW. She will take up the position in July 2011.
Greens to step up opposition to offshore gas drilling
Senate candidate and former NSW MP Lee Rhiannon says she will take her campaign to stop experimental offshore mining exploration to Federal parliament, following news that in mid-October Advent Energy will start exploratory drilling into the seabed 55 kms east of Newcastle.
Off-shore processing and detention of children must stop
Lee Rhiannon, widely tipped to win a NSW Senate seat for the Greens NSW, congratulated those bringing a High Court case, which begins today, testing the lawfulness of current off-shore processing arrangements on Christmas Island. She also called on the Federal government to abide by its international obligations with regards to refugees and asylum seekers.
