Our beautiful bushlands, rivers, and wetlands are a big part of what makes the Hawkesbury so special. Protecting these environments is significant for mental and physical health as well as the maintenance of habitat and biodiversity. 

On Council, we will:

  • Protect our koalas and fully fund a Koala Plan of Management
  • Prioritise compliance action against illegal vegetation removal and waste dumping
  • Opt out of the Rural Boundary Clearing Code
  • Strengthen planning requirements so development doesn’t compromise the
    ecological integrity of the Hawkesbury river and its tributaries, and our precious world renowned wetlands
  • Plant more trees and increase tree canopy by funding Council’s Urban Greening policy
  • Reinstate the Environmental Advisory Committee
  • Work with the Riverkeeper and Western Sydney University to improve river health

OUR PLANS AND PRIORITIES

My journey to the Greens – Arthur Bain

My journey to the Greens – Arthur Bain

My journey to the Greens Was there life before the Greens? It’s hard to imagine now, but yes there was, and not as fulfilling as life is now. I grew up with strong social justice values, staunch union member and although never a member, a traditional Labor voter. As a...

My Journey to the Greens – January 2026

My Journey to the Greens – January 2026

Greener and Greener This morning I went to pay my respects to old Blotchy for the first time this year. Old blotchy is a  monumental spotted gum among many! He's maybe 500 years old and 14 people arms outstretched in circumference. We both live on the lands of the...

Why I joined the Greens – December 2025

Why I joined the Greens – December 2025

I think I was predestined to join the Greens. My father was born in the west of Poland, then under German control, in 1915. He grew up in a small village, and told stories about going hungry, not having shoes and his family having to dig themselves out of the house...