Lee Rhiannon (born 30 May 1951) is a Greens senator-elect from News South Wales, Australia. is an Australian politician and member of the Australian Greens. She was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council at the 1999 state election, and re-elected at the 2007 state election. She was successfully elected as a Greens Senator in New South Wales at the 2010 federal election (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Rhiannon and http://leerhiannon.org.au/ ) .
Lee Rhiannon quoted on as saying, in the wake of the Coalition's landslide victory in the 2011 NSW elections, that the Greens should have spent more time building support for the global BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement against the State of Israel (2011): "Months before the election we needed to explain why the Greens backed BDS and we needed to work closer with our allies on BDS - academics, the Arab community and social justice movements in Sydney and Melbourne…Collectively we didn't do enough to amplify support for BDS and show that this is part of an international movement." [1, 2, 3].
[1]. Lee Rhiannon quoted in Joe Kelly and Lauren Wilson ,“Bob Brown told to rein in anti-Israel senator Lee Rhiannon”, The Australian, 1 April 2001: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/bob-brown-told-to-rein-in-anti-israel-senator-lee-rhiannon/story-fn59niix-1226031644809 .
[2]. Lee Rhiannon quoted in Antony Loewenstein, “The ugly little Australian coalition against Palestinian rights (that will fail)”, Antony Loewenstein website, 1 April 2011: http://antonyloewenstein.com/2011/04/01/the-ugly-little-australian-coalition-against-palestinian-rights-that-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-562105 .
[3]. Lee Rhiannon quoted in Antony Loewenstein, “Are the Greens ready for hard-ball?”, New Matilda, 30 March 2011: http://newmatilda.com/2011/03/30/are-greens-ready-hard-ball .