Michelle Jensz is proud to be running as your lead Senate Candidate in Queensland where she has lived since September 1995.

Michelle is passionate about the wildlife that reside in our state and country and wants to see the preservation of the environment. She is an extremely active companion animal volunteer and works tirelessly for a number of rescue organisations. 

She frequently travels hundreds of kilometers to collect animals from pounds, transports them to carers and delivers required supplies to the carers. Michelle’s dedication in this area is evident as she is not only a passionate foster carer herself but also coordinates and facilitates ‘meet and greets’ and vet appointments to ensure these animals are provided the best and most appropriate forever home possible.

Michelle is driven to help companion animals from seeing first hand the burden on pounds and rescues to take in unwanted companion animals.

“I have heard the stories of hundreds of dogs and cats being put to sleep due to there not being enough homes for the number of animals being bred plus many families surrender their family pets due to cost of living or the housing crisis. Puppy farms and backyard breeding need to be stopped and if elected, my first job will be to make sure these industries are at the least strongly regulated to prevent unnecessary deaths of healthy animals. We need an Independent Office of Animal Protection to safe guard the animals in our country. We also need a medical system in place for animals and why Vetical Care will provide this for struggling families during these tough economic times.”

Michelle would also like to see stronger controls and subsequent monitoring put in place to track the animals in greyhound racing from birth until death. With some of the issues seen in NSW, she feels it is of vital importance to follow suit and safeguard the lives of  greyhounds in Queensland.

Michelle recognises the need for government funds to be allocated to individuals and wildlife rescue groups so that they can effectively rescue, rehabilitate and return these animals to the wild once well.

She states that it is distressing to see the number of animals injured or killed on the roads in her area as well as during natural disasters when wildlife rescuers are prevented from entering zones to help the hurt animals. 

“There needs to be legislative change to set up a coordinated and funded contingent of trained individuals and groups for the sole purpose of wildlife rescue.”

Michelle has also been active in tree planting and cleaning up of waterways in her area which again demonstrates her passion and support for nature and its inhabitants including platypuses, kangaroos, wallabies, koalas and bird life. With thanks to community groups, who organise such activities, Michelle is happy to say that there is evidence that these animals and birds are present and beginning to flourish in their natural environment.