Rhiannon outlines NSW priorities for Senate race

“NSW needs a strong Greens voice in the Senate and I’m looking forward to the campaign”, said Ms Rhiannon. 

“Today I handed in my resignation as a Greens NSW MP to the NSW Governor. It has been a privilege to represent communities across the state in the NSW Parliament for the last 11 years.

Ms Rhiannon listed her priorities as:

• real action on climate change, with a shift from coal to renewables
  
• a sustainable NSW, including world class public transport, an end to overdevelopment and the logging of native forests
  
• better funding for public services including health services
  
• political donations reform.
  

“If elected to the Senate I will focus on amplifying the campaigns of local communities across NSW, bringing their voices to Federal Parliament.

"I will continue my work alongside coal communities and farmers for a future beyond coal and take the battle to save the South East forests to Canberra.

“A sustainable NSW will need better public transport and improved funding for public services. Federal funding is central to making this happen.

"The major parties have paid lip-service to electoral funding reform, hoping it will go away. If elected I will keep the heat on to clean up the corrupting influence of corporate donations.

"The clock is now ticking for voters to get on the electoral roll to have a say. The Greens are running a last-minute blitz to urge young people to enrol to vote before 8pm tonight.

“Winning back a Senate seat for NSW is a tough job, with election experts rating our chance as 50/50. With lots of hard work and a touch of luck I hope to join Senator Bob Brown and my other Federal colleagues in the Senate,” said Ms Rhiannon.

Contact: Lee Rhiannon - 0427 861 568

Visit http://greens.org.au/leerhiannon to view a campaign video featuring Bob Brown and Lee at last Friday night's Greens NSW federal campaign dinner.
Recent photos of Lee available on request.