Everyone’s voice matters. We’ll engage in active consultation where the community can come together to really have a say about services, how our money is spent, and what the future of the Hawkesbury will be.
On Council, we will:
- Hold regular public meetings across the Hawkesbury to discuss local issues
- Make sure Council is a clear, prompt, respectful and responsive communicator
- Refocus on Council’s role as a service provider for our community
- Ensure integrity and transparency in all facets of Council’s work
- Worry less about social media and more about real social engagement
- Reinstate advisory committees, so Council decisions are informed by experts and people with lived experience
- Make sure decisions about expenditure, projects and public land are made in public, with information easily available
From Bicycle Advocate & Statistical Consultant to Greens Councillor
It became obvious that cycling was the best and most convenient way to travel in cities when I bought a second hand bike at the age of 17 in my 2nd year at Aberdeen University.
Other people thought so too. When I moved to Edinburgh, cyclists were starting to lobby for a cycle route across the Meadows from the south to the central area. The Lothian Cycle Campaign – Spokes – was born and continues to this day. Notable successes included the Meadows cycleway, disused railway lines converted into a network of traffic-free cycle routes across the city, maps of the most suitable routes, contra-flow bike lanes, cycle rallies, rides including the annual Edinburgh to St Andrews ride and increasing numbers of cyclists counted passing through key intersections. I was treasurer of Spokes for over 10 years until I moved to a small town in NSW, named after Armadale on the Isle of Skye.
My Journey to the Greens — Judy Greenwood, Parramatta Council
Early Community Involvement A long time ago, around Y2K, I was pursuing a PhD at the University of New South Wales while also throwing myself into a wide range of community and outdoor activities. I was involved in the bushwalking club, the Pigweed food...
My journey to the Greens – Peter Haggar, Bega Valley Greens Councillor
I moved to the beautiful Bega Valley, on what I now know is Djiringanj land, in 2006 with my partner Anna who was pregnant with our child. We were determined to become active in our new community and deeply concerned and excited by the challenges and opportunities that knowledge of the deepening climate and ecological crisis would unleash.
My journey to the Greens – Jennie Fenton, Bellingen
I was raised by progressive thinkers, mostly around the Northern Rivers of NSW, as part of the wave of post-Aquarius Festival settlers to the Region. They talked about ideas and issues, they read (real) newspapers and watched ABC news every night. I also experienced...
WHY I JOINED THE GREENS! David Jones Nambucca Valley Council
Like many people who are active in our wonderful Greens Political Party I started off in Student Uni politics, the ALP, young ALP politics. There was no Greens back then in Victoria. Having seen the processes of the Student Uni movement (dominated by ALP people) and...
Adrian Cameron Yass Valley Council
It began in 2013. I was at a Farmers’ Market at the local high school in Flemington in Melbourne. Amongst all the lovely fruit and veg was a big green table and Adam Bandt, the first Greens member of the House of Representatives for Melbourne, elected in 2010. It...
Submission to the 2026 Royal Commission
Waverley Greens made this submission to the 2026 Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. The Commission has decided not to publish submissions on its website, so we have decided to make our submission available to interested readers here. Waverley...
Clare Willington, Deputy Mayor Randwick City Council
When I got the invitation to write a short piece on my journey to the Greens I was thrown right back to being a teenager in the UK…that’s a long way back now as I’ll be turning 70 in December. As a stroppy teenager I found my mother’s commitment and determination to...
My Journey to the Greens – Ryan Brooke
Ryan Brook - Greens Councillor on Tamworth Council I was a slow start within the Greens, but I'm making up that time now. I originally joined back in 2017, wanting to support the party I saw with both the policy platform and the actions in parliament that...
Why I joined the Greens Sujan Selventhiran – Cumberland Councillor
My journey with the Greens began long before I officially joined the party in 2014. In the years leading up to that, I was already volunteering, drawn in by something I hadn't found elsewhere in Australian politics, a willingness to stand on principle, even when it...