Hi, I’m Sylvie. I’m a Greens Councillor and former Deputy Mayor. I was first elected to the City of Sydney Council in 2021.

I’m passionate about making our city more affordable, liveable and inclusive. With the housing crisis driving so much inequality in our city, I am deeply committed to strengthening the Council’s work to protect and expand public, affordable and community housing.

I’m the founding Co-Chair of the City of Sydney’s Housing for All Advisory Panel, the Deputy Chair of the Community Services and Facilities Committee, a member of Council’s Multicultural Advisory Panel. I am a part-time karate teacher at Jin Sei Ryu Karate Do (Darlington).

Before joining the City of Sydney Council I was a native title lawyer and community organiser. I have managed not for profit organisations and worked as a senior policy advisor for the NSW Government, NSW Aboriginal Land Council and the Sydney Policy Lab (University of Sydney).

I previously represented Newtown as a Local Councillor on Marrickville Council (2012-2016), where I founded the Council’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, chaired the Cycling Committee and helped deliver the award-winning Marrickville library development.

I am passionate about communities working together to raise their voices for change. I have worked with residents to form the Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch (REDWatch) residents’ action group

Over the last term on Council, I helped stop the sell-off of public housing, passed planning rules to protect homes, and secured funding for a housing cooperative for trans women, an Australian first.

Working alongside community and local activists I was instrumental in banning gas from new developments, repealing the undemocratic ‘two council votes for businesses’ law, and making council venue hire free for community groups, and more.

I have researched, presented and published on public and affordable housing and culture heritage. I am currently completing a Masters of Economics (part-time) at the University of Sydney.