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2019 State Election: Upper House candidates and pittwater candidates 

2019 NSW State Election
Saturday, 23 March 2019
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Election of the 57th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council.

Where you can vote:

• Avalon Recreation Centre 
• Barrenjoey High School 
• Bilgola Plateau Public School 
• Elanora Heights Public School 
• Mona Vale Memorial Hall 
• Mona Vale Public School 
• Mona Vale Surf Club 
• Narrabeen Lakes Public School 
• Narrabeen Sports High School
• Newport Public School
• Newport Surf Club 
• Palm Beach Kindergarten 
• Pittwater High School 
• RSL Lifecare 
• St Luke's Grammar School Bayview 
• Sydney Town Hall 
• Ted Blackwood Community Centre 
• Terrey Hills Public School 
• The Lakes Parish Hall 

Legislative Council 2019 Election

The NSW Legislative Council consists of 42 members serving eight year staggered terms. Twenty one members face election every four years and that will be the case for 2019's State Election.

Members are elected from a state-wide electorate via quota preferential voting. The quota for election is 4.55% of the state vote.

Constitutional restrictions mean that for parties to have a group voting square above the line, they are required to stand 15 candidates.

Voters have two ways of voting.

1.  You can give preferences for parties 'above the line'. If you use only a single '1', your vote will only apply to the candidates of your selected party. Voters can choose to direct preferences to other parties by numbering preferences above the line '2', '3' etc up to 21, which in 2015 is the number of group voting squares on the ballot paper.
2. You can vote for candidates below the line, as long as the vote has at least 15 preferences. You can vote for candidates from any group or one group, and you can continue to number beyond 15 to as many as 394, the number of candidates on the ballot paper.

Above the line votes for parties are imputed to be an ordered list of preferences for the candidates of each party as printed on the ballot paper, in the order that the voter preferenced the parties.

So a single '1' above the line followed by optional preferences is formal. 15 preferences below the line followed by optional further preference is formal. The more preferences you fill in, the less likely your ballot paper will run out of preferences and more likely your ballot will stay 'live' in the count.

Since the new was introduced at the 2003 election, only about 20% of ballot papers have used the new above the line preference option. As a result, during the distribution of preferences, 80-85% of ballot papers 'exhaust' their preferences. This means the final vacancies at each election are usually filled by candidates with less than a quota of votes.

A party will be likely to win a seat if it gets half a quota on first preferences, around 2-2.5% of the vote. The Shooters and Fishers won the final seat in 2003 having polled 2.1%. Pauline Hanson missed out in 2011 having polled 2.5%, her defeat coming about because she attracted very few preferences.

Legislative Council second preference groups

In accordance with Section 87 (2) (d) of the Electoral Act 2017, in the event of a Legislative Council group having less than 15 candidates due to the death of a candidate or candidates in their group, and a voter has recorded a ‘1’ only in the group voting square for that group, a second preference is taken to be recorded for the second preference group. This is primarily to prevent Legislative Council ballot papers from being informal as electors must vote for at least 15 candidates to cast a formal vote.

The Legislative Council 2nd preference group selections appear in the table below:

Ballot Paper Group                                                                                   2nd preference group selection

Group A  - SHOOTERS, FISHERS AND FARMERS                               Group T - PAULINE HANSON'S ONE NATION

Group B - SOCIALIST ALLIANCE                                                           Group D - THE GREENS

Group C - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA                                                   Group N - KEEP SYDNEY OPEN

Group D - THE GREENS                                                                         Group J - LABOR/COUNTRY LABOR

Group E - ANIMAL JUSTICE PARTY                                                       Group N - KEEP SYDNEY OPEN

Group F - ADVANCE                                                                                Group C - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA

Group G                                                                                                    Group C - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA

Group H                                                                                                    Not applicable

Group I - FLUX                                                                                         Group P - VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA PARTY

Group J - LABOR/COUNTRY LABOR                                                     Group D - THE GREENS

Group K - LIBERAL/THE NATIONALS                                                     Group Q - CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (FRED NILE GROUP)

Group L                                                                                                     Group J - LABOR/COUNTRY LABOR

Group M - AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATIVES (NSW)                               Group Q - CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (FRED NILE GROUP)

Group N - KEEP SYDNEY OPEN                                                            Group C - SUSTAINABLE AUSTRALIA

Group O - LIBERAL DEMOCRATS                                                          Group P - VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA PARTY

Group P - VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA PARTY                                       Group I - FLUX

Group Q - CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (FRED NILE GROUP)    Group M - AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATIVES (NSW)

Group R - THE SMALL BUSINESS PARTY                                              Group K - LIBERALS/THE NATIONALS

Group S                                                                                                     Group D - THE GREENS

Group T - PAULINE HANSON'S ONE NATION                                        Group A - SHOOTERS, FISHERS AND FARMERS

Upper House Candidates

Anthony and Sharni Monaghan: Candidates insist Mona Vale, Manly Hospitals to reopen: "More economical"

The peninsula has two candidates standing for the Legislative Council (Upper House), married couple Anthony and Sharni Monaghan, who live at Narrabeen and work together at Sharni's firm, Greylings Attorneys, at Mosman.

Mr and Mrs Monaghan together are Group H on the Legislative Council ballot paper. "To vote for us, you have to vote below the line," they say.

Anthony and Sharni Monaghan

What caused the Monaghans to nominate for election to the Parliament is that Pittwater and the former Warringah Shire are being degraded by the LNP government's actions.

"We are fed up with our neighbourhood being sold out by the government," Mr Monaghan says.

"We will insist, vigorously, that Mona Vale Hospital reopen. We are very concerned about protecting our forests."

The couple's election campaign website is at www.MonaghanMonaghan.com.au.

"We've had a good response, but it is a tall order for us to get elected," Mrs Monaghan says.

From the couple's How To Vote card, available on their website:

“Many times every day for many different clients we deal with disappointing performances from the NSW Government in many different fields. 

"Every aspect of dealing with the NSW Government is full of worry, for the professional, and worry and expense for the client. That client could be you. 

"This LNP administration has been seizing people’s homes at under value. This government muzzles ICAC while selling the Land Titles Office to a group of banks and a developer. 

"Public assets, new hospitals, have been sold to tax haven interests. MPs are routinely compromised. NSW people should put a halt to misbehaving political parties and their connections. There are many instances in many other fields where standards of political probity require correction.”

“We know what the parliaments should do to correct process. You should know that you may trust us to carry this responsibility earnestly and professionally. We do seek your vote for that purpose.”

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Sustainable Australia Party
Those from the Northern Beaches include:

Xiaowei Yue
Manly, NSW

Xiaowei was born in China but has spent most of her life in Sydney. She has experienced the downsides of unsustainable systems including overdevelopment and overpopulation: Degraded and polluted natural environments.

She has a teaching degree from one of China’s top universities in Beijing and was teaching in Beijing. She worked in Australia for Myer and ANZ before becoming a homemaker and is now raising two children who are now attending local schools on the Northern Beaches.

Mike Cottee
Fairlight, NSW

Mike Cottee’s interest in sustainability was awakened while working on a newspaper environmental campaign in Africa in the 1970s. He researched and wrote about a wide range of issues, including the impacts of rapid population growth on nature and society. Back in Sydney, and after four years as a reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald, he spent 16 years in the Public Affairs Branch of Qantas.

Mike was a foundation member of Sustainable Australia and stood in Warringah in a past federal election. Mike has two sons and a granddaughter and lives with his wife in Fairlight.

Lower House: Candidates for Pittwater 

Candidate for Pittwater
Robert Gordon Stokes 

Candidate for Davidson

Jonathan O'Dea

The Liberal Party of Australia New South Wales Division

53 year-old O'Dea is a former solicitor in private and corporate practice who later moved on to work in commercial and financial management. He served as Deputy and Acting Convenor of the Australian Classification Review Board, 2000-04. He was a non-executive director of HCF 1995-2009 and served on North Sydney Council 1991-95. He defeated Liberal MP Andrew Humpherson for Liberal endorsement at the 2007 election. He was re-elected in 2011 and 2015 and was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier and Treasurer when Gladys Berejiklian became Premier in early 2017.

"On your behalf, I am determined to use my professional 

competencies, qualifications and experience to help deliver crucial services as part of a NSW Liberal-National Government.

"My previous experience as a businessman, lawyer, local councillor and statutory officeholder has helped me to understand the important issues facing our society. As a former General Manager and company director, I particularly appreciate the contributions made by businesses despite the challenges they face.

However, people always come first. I firmly believe in individual freedom, personal initiative and free enterprise. The greatest challenge for the Liberal Party is how to encourage individuals to realise their personal potential and the contribution they can make to their communities.

As a life-long resident of Northern Sydney (where I live with my wife and four children), I am committed to giving our future generations an improved quality of life.  We deserve excellent economic, environmental and industry outcomes for Davidson residents and people across NSW.

Please help me and the NSW Liberals to create positive and effective change in our state."

Candidate for Manly

James Griffin

The Liberal Party of Australia New South Wales Division

James Griffin was a Director in the Advisory Risk Consulting Practice at KPMG Australia before winning the 2017 Manly by-election. He continues as an Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Business at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney and a Board Member of the University of Sydney Business School Social Innovation Hub. Mr. Griffin served as a Liberal Councillor on Manly Council 2012-16, was Deputy Mayor 2015-2016 and Chairman of the Planning and Strategy Committee 2013-14.

I moved to Manly with my family in 1997. From the wonderful walks of North Head to the bustle of Brookvale, the electorate of Manly is a great place, full of good people.  

It is an honour and privilege for me to represent this area.

As the Member for Manly, I will speak up for the thousands of Manly residents and families who deserve continued improvements in public transport and roads, who deserve local schools that give our kids the best opportunities to learn, and who deserve safe neighbourhoods:

I am here to support the local business owners, entrepreneurs just starting out, and the young couple looking for their first home.

I am here to speak for the grandparents who want to ensure the quality of life they enjoyed is retained for their grandkids.

I am here to speak up for the vulnerable and voiceless in our community.

Prior to entering Parliament I was a Director of KPMG Australia. I worked in the Risk Consulting Division, helping business leaders understand and manage contemporary risks like cyber security, technology, social and web risks. I also advised organisations on how they could better communicate in this increasingly digital world.

Prior to KPMG, I was a co-founder of a digital start up. Co-founding a start-up taught me the realities of small business and what it truly means to ‘have a go’. I am proud of all we achieved and I was recognised for my efforts as NSW’s Young Business Person of the Year in 2012. I studied for my Bachelor of Arts at the University of Notre Dame Sydney.

I’ve done a few other things too:

• Advisory Board Member, University of Sydney Innovation Hub
• Adjunct Lecturer, University of Notre Dame Sydney, School of Business
• Former Chairman, Little Manly Community Forum
• Former Councillor and Deputy Mayor, Manly Council

My primary goal is to ensure that every suburb in the electorate of Manly continues to get its fair share.

If the people of Manly need something, I will not stop fighting for them.

If re-elected, we will do ANOTHER B-Line style rapid bus service from Dee Why to Chatswood.

This will alleviate congestion and is a tried and tested road based public transport service.

Don’t be fooled - Labor/Greens...have announced NO funding for a Northern Beaches rapid bus system...(or anything else for our community as far as I can see).

We want to see buses running every 10 minutes between 6am and 10pm, seven days a week.

The service will allow Northern Beaches commuters to link up with Sydney Metro services at Chatswood.

The proposed express services would stop at the 9 following locations:

Dee Why B-Line Stop, Pittwater Rd, at Howard Ave

Narraweena – Warringah Road at Alfred Street

Beacon Hill – Warringah Road at Willandra Road

Frenchs Forest Business Park – Warringah Road at Jones Street

Northern Beaches Hospital – Frenchs Forest Road West

Forest Way Shopping Centre

Forestville – Warringah Road at Starkey Street

Roseville Chase – Babbage Road at Allan Street

This new rapid bus service would build on the over 1,000 additional weekly bus services already introduced to support the opening of the Northern Beaches Hospital.

Candidate for Wakehurst

Brad Hazzard

The Liberal Party of Australia New South Wales Division

Brad Hazzard is a lifelong resident of the Northern Beaches. He attended Manly West Public School and Manly Boys High School. He has represented Wakehurst in the New South Wales Parliament since he was first elected in 1991.

After his school days, Mr. Hazzard graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Arts (Environmental Science) and a Diploma of Education. His first job as a science teacher was at North Sydney Boys High School, before working as a casual teacher at schools across Sydney.

While working as a teacher, he studied Law at the University of New South Wales and later completed a Master of Laws at Sydney University.  His legal career started in Bankstown, where he worked for three years, before practising closer to home in Manly.

He has two sons, both of whom attended schools on the Northern Beaches.

After the March 2011 election, Mr. Hazzard was appointed Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, as well as Minister Assisting the Premier on Infrastructure NSW. He was also Leader of the House (Legislative Assembly) in the O’Farrell Government.

In April 2014 he was appointed NSW Attorney General and Minister for Justice in the Baird ministry. After the election in March 2015, Mr. Hazzard was appointed Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister for Social Housing. In January 2017, Mr. Hazzard was appointed Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research in the Berejiklian ministry.

Much of his political career in the New South Wales Parliament has been served on the front bench. Mr. Hazzard held 17 portfolios in opposition, while maintaining a strong local presence in his electorate of Wakehurst.

Mr. Hazzard is passionate about the Northern Beaches and wholeheartedly committed to assisting local residents with their requests and special needs. He particularly enjoys working with local youth and continues to maintain close associations with Government, Catholic and Independent schools in the Wakehurst area.

Mr. Hazzard has been a member of the NSW Liberal Party since 1983; in that time he’s held a number of executive positions, including ‘Regional President’ and member of the ‘State Executive’.

Jared Turkington 
Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch)  

Jared Turkington lives locally in Newport. Having attended Northern Beaches Christian School and as a University of Technology student, Jared understands the importance of delivering a quality education in our area. Jared will work to make Pittwater an even better place to live and work.  

"The Liberals have taken our area for granted. Jared will fight to invest in schools, hospitals and community services instead of splurging $2.2 billion on Ms Berejiklian’s stadium rebuild."

Jared will "fight to make sure our community gets our fair share. "

Jared Turkington will:

• Increase funding for our schools and TAFEs, instead of splurging $2.2 billion rebuilding perfectly good stadiums;
• Invest in renewable energy and take real action on climate change;
• Defend local health services from further cuts and privatisation by the Liberal Government;
• Upgrade local roads and public transport to ensure families can spend more time at home and less time on the road; and
• Ease the cost of living for local families by putting downward pressure on electricity prices.

• Supports action on climate change
• Supports increases in public transport
• Supports building roads & tollways
• Supports increased spending on education
• Supports demerge of councils forcibly amalagmated
• Supports increased spending on TAFE
• Supports increased spending on health
• No position on voluntary euthanasia
• No position on action to prevent abuse of the elderly
• No position on greater accountability for politicians
• Supports the lockout laws
• Opposes action to curtail pokies

Also Standing:

Candidate for Wakehurst
Chris Sharpe

Chris Sharpe lives in Beacon Hill with his wife, Tricia. Chris grew up on the Northern Beaches and has been active in the community. He is a regular with the Manly Meals on Wheels program and volunteering with the Cerebral Palsy Alliance. Chris knows our area and will fight to make it an even better place to live, work and raise a family.

Chris works in the Information and Communications Technology industry and has a degree in Business and a Masters in Business Administration. Chris understands the pressures small businesses face and will support small business in the local community.

Standing up for the Northern Beaches

The Liberals have taken our area for granted. Chris Sharpe will:

• Ensure the Northern Beaches Hospital is fully resourced and stop privatisation by the Liberal Government;
• Increase funding for our schools and TAFEs, instead of splurging $2.2 billion rebuilding perfectly good stadiums;
• Fight to upgrade local roads and public transport, including an East-West express bus service and flood proofing the Wakehurst Parkway, to ensure families can spend more time at home and less time commuting; and
• Ease the cost of living for local families by putting downward pressure on electricity prices.

Candidate for Manly
Natasha Phillips Mason

Natasha Phillips-Mason called Manly home for over 20 years before settling in Seaforth. Natasha previously worked as an Operations Manager at the Sydney Opera House, worked in consultancy and has been a small business owner in Manly. Natasha understands the pressures small businesses face and will support small business in the local community.

Living on one of the most pristine coastlines, Natasha believes its beauty should be protected. Natasha understands the importance of delivering a quality education in our area so kids can have the best start in life and easing the cost of living for local families. Natasha will fight to invest in schools, hospitals and community services instead of splurging $2.2 billion on Ms Berejiklian’s stadium rebuild.

Natasha has the right priorities

The Liberals have taken our community for granted. Natasha will put our community before vested interests. Natasha Phillips-Mason will:

• Increase funding for our schools and TAFEs, instead of splurging $2.2 billion rebuilding perfectly good stadiums;
• Invest in renewable energy and take real action on climate change;
• Defend local health services from further cuts and privatisation by the Liberal Government;
• Upgrade local roads and public transport to ensure families can spend more time at home and less time on the road; and
• Ease the cost of living for local families by putting downward pressure on electricity prices.

Miranda Korzy                        
The Greens NSW

About Me

 

I first visited Pittwater in 1980 with my then boyfriend – now husband - to visit his family, who had moved to Avalon in the 60s.

 

We both studied and worked at the ANU in Canberra, then overseas, before returning to the northern beaches 25 years ago. Making our way up the peninsula, we arrived back in Avalon in 2005.

 

Our kids went to local schools, where I spent more than 15 years on local P&Cs – raising money and lobbying the government for education funding.

 

I’m also a journalist with experience working in Sydney and London, and have covered everything from police to the prime minister. Before turning to journalism, I did research in population studies and Aboriginal health. 

 

I’m standing for the Greens in Pittwater because I passionately believe in the importance of a strong community and that we must protect our environment for the future.

Save Mona Vale Hospital

 

One of my top priorities will be sorting out our local hospitals. I’m already fighting to have emergency and other acute services restored to Mona Vale Hospital. I helped arrange a community meeting last year after what the NSW government planned for Mona Vale Hospital became clear. Since then the Save Mona Vale Hospital committee has been re-instated and I do all media for it.

 

We are now seeing the outcome of privatisation – with acute services at two hospitals closed down to benefit Healthscope, the private operator at Northern Beaches Hospital. Healthscope hasn’t paid tax in Australia for four years despite an income of $8.7 billion. The hospital is about to be taken over by another operator Brookfield, who also doesn’t pay tax here despite substantial infrastructure interests in Australia and an income of $6.9 billion.

 

The new hospital, which we all know is dysfunctional, is simply too far away for thousands of emergencies - so we must have acute services restored at Mona Vale.

 

The Greens have already moved a motion in parliament in support of emergency, surgery, maternity and other acute services at Mona Vale Hospital. We also believe hospitals should be close to the people they serve, public, and if privatised, returned wherever possible to public hands.  

 

Restore Pittwater Council

 

As a founding member of Protect Pittwater, I’m actively campaigning for Pittwater Council to be restored. I believe it’s outrageous that although 89 per cent of Pittwater residents wanted to keep our council, the Coalition government merged it anyway and removed planning controls from the local community.  Since then, we’ve seen a decrease in services, loss of local decision-making powers and unnecessary spending. The Greens have already voted for a demerger plebiscite in Parliament and I will continue to fight for this. 

 

Planning for People

 

Our low-rise villages, bushland and wildlife are also under threat from the Coalition’s planning regime - with approvals taken out of the hands of locals and the imposition of “priority precincts” at Ingleside and Frenchs Forest. The Greens want a Royal Commission into planning in NSW and to re-write planning laws to give residents a greater say.

 

At the moment, our planning laws don’t even mention climate change – despite Pittwater’s vulnerability to sea level rise. We want to ensure planning laws take climate change into account, protect the local environment and create a healthy community.

 

Protect Our Trees

 

Anyone who lives in or visits Pittwater is struck by the beauty of our trees and coastline. In fact, Pittwater is one of the state’s biodiversity hot spots and our stunning environment makes it one of Sydney’s major tourist attractions. None of us want high-rise in Pittwater and our geography with its limited access to the area makes it inappropriate. The Greens believe we must do more to protect our trees and coastline from overdevelopment. 

 

At a local level, our tree cover is also our best defence against climate change. I’m sick of hearing chainsaws and seeing new gaps appearing in the canopy. So the Greens will set enforceable tree canopy targets for all metro areas and ensure that residents must have approval to removes trees under the Liberals 10/50 tree clearing laws – which have proved a bonanza for developers.  

 

But nature is under attack throughout NSW, with land clearing and deforestation, koalas on the brink of extinction and climate change threatening biodiversity. To combat this, the Greens plan an overhaul of the state’s environment laws and want to spend $4 billion over the next four years on biodiversity conservation.

 

Protect Our Coastline

 

The Northern Beaches is also threatened by gas exploration carried out with seismic testing off our coastline. This presents a serious risk to whales, fish and other marine life. The Greens will introduce legislation to prevent gas drilled off our coast from being processed anywhere in the state. 

 

We also want to establish a series of marine parks including one in Sydney to conserve and safeguard our coastal environment for future generations.

 

Immediate Action on Climate Change

 

With Friday’s school climate strike, we have seen the fears young people hold for the future of our environment due to climate change. We will all benefit from moving to renewable energy and must act now to hand the next generation a sustainable future.

 

The major parties are holding NSW back, because they’re in the sway of fossil fuel companies. The Greens do not accept corporate donations and will create a renewable economy that tackles climate change, creates jobs, makes bills cheaper and energy more reliable.

 

To do this, The Greens will commit $1 billion to renewable energy projects and set up a publicly-owned electricity company to generate, distribute and retail renewable energy for all NSW residents, fairly and affordably.

 

We will also make it illegal to mine, burn or export thermal coal by 2030 as well as bring back a carbon price for industries that release greenhouse gasses - to achieve net zero emissions by 2040.

 

Greens Preferences 

 

If you vote Green, you can preference anyone you like.

 

Our suggested preferences are decided on closeness of a candidates’ platform to our own – not just one issue. We have also given candidates who are not preferencing a lower ranking, so that our votes don’t just die.

 

We support the Save Our Councils Coalition’s campaign to number every square on the ballot paper for the Lower House and have listed preferences from 1 to 8 on our How To Vote:

 

1.Greens 

2. Labor

3. Keep Sydney Open

4. Animal Justice

5. Sustainable Australia

6. Stewart Matthews

7. Liberals 

8. Australian Conservatives

 

But I’m also mindful of SOCC’s call to put the Liberals last and support voters who want to do that. 

 

My Commitment to the Community

 

Finally, grassroots democracy is one of the Greens’ guiding principles so I’m committed to consulting with the community when making decisions. I will use my skills as a journalist to listen to residents, investigate and report back from Parliament. I’m also determined to hold the government to account – whether Liberal or Labor.

 

That way, we can ensure Pittwater is never taken for granted again and build a future together.

 

Miranda Korzy

Candidate for Davidson

Felicity Davis

Felicity Davis contested neighbouring Pittwater at the 2015 state election and she has volunteered in bush regeneration, for Neighbour Aid. A passionate climate change and renewable energy campaigner who started the local Knitting Nannas and Stop Adani Pittwater groups.

Candidate for Wakehurst

Lilith Zaharias

Lilith is 22 years old and has lived on the Northern Beaches all her life. She has spent the last five years studying economics, politics, and sociology. Zaharias has transitioned from Jonathan to Lilith during the election campaign.

"After a great deal of soul searching and introspection over the past years and months, I have made the decision to come out as a trans woman.

This has been a huge period of transition for me, and I want to thank all the wonderful people in my life who have supported me through thick and thin.

I am fortunate and honoured to represent the Greens, a party where I have found so much love and support from people at the highest level. Special mention to Senator Mehreen Faruqi who has been an amazing friend to me throughout this.

I'm very excited to sink my teeth into campaigning for this seat as the real me. As a young transgender woman, I look and sound a bit different to all the politicians you’re used to. And honestly, that should be a bit of a relief. I for one am fed up with hearing the same lines regurgitated by the same kinds of people on both sides of politics. The usual suspects are not up to the task.

A vote for the Greens at the next election is a vote for real forward-looking policies that aren't just designed for the next opinion poll. A vote for us is a vote for a future for all of us."

Suzanne Daly     
Sustainable Australia Party

No Preference 

I am sick of trying to fight against hidden vested interests We have lost our hospital our council our democracy. Our very back yards our wonderful Nature is under threat! Some years ago I joined a fledgling group which is now gaining momentum - Sustainable Australia.and they have endorsed me to stand in Pittwater against Rob Stokes.

Suzanne was raised in the western suburbs of Sydney alongside the Hume Highway when it was a two lane country road surrounded by trees, nature and houses with great backyards. Suzanne received one of the first Whitlam scholarships that enabled her to finish high school with a Commonwealth scholarship. She was able to study medicine at the University of NSW. In 1975 Suzanne and her husband travelled extensively throughout Europe and Asia. She was shocked by the density, overcrowding, traffic congestion, pollution and the destruction of nature in the emerging, modern high rise cities back then. It was a relief for her to be able to come back to Sydney in 1976.

Upon her return she became a GP and loved it. She has now been a family doctor on the Northern Beaches for nearly 40 years. Suzanne was a member of the board of the Manly Warringah Division of GP's for 17 years, until it was amalgamated with the Northern Sydney Network. Suzanne was the driving force behind the implementation of some innovative ideas with the community and the Department of Health. She has trained in counselling and has a Diploma of Clinical Hypnosis. Suzanne believes in positive psychology and being proactive. She was attracted to Sustainable Australia Party which has positive solutions to what seem like unsolvable problems that are causing widespread stress and distress. The Pittwater electorate has lost its local hospital, its local council and its democracy. Suzanne wants to give the people in her community that are disillusioned with the established political parties another option.

Also standing:

Davidson
Steve Molloy
St Ives, NSW

Steve was born and raised in Sydney. He attended Barker College in Hornsby and University of Sydney. Steve has travelled all over Europe, America, and Asia. He then found his real passion, running businesses and being a role model for young aspiring entrepreneurs. He has strong interpersonal and public communication skills and published the book "How Apps are Changing the World".

Steve represented Australia for 'Creative AllStars' in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, speaking to the audience of 1000 people about innovation and business. He has spoken at UNSW, UTS, USYD, Macquarie University and various marketing conferences. During his career, Steve has consulted with large corporations and small start-ups and everyone in-between. He commits 100% and works extremely hard with focus to make sure everything is done to the best of his ability and help grow the team to new heights.

Steve Molloy

Manly
Emanuele Paletto
Manly, NSW

Emanuele works in the not for profit sector and has a commercial background in financial services. He created enterprises in sustainable technologies and investment, in financial services recruitment and most recently in property maintenance.

He is passionate about the Party’s values and sees population as the "mother of all our problems". He sees a myriad of opportunities for improving life quality from better planning and a diverse, future-oriented economy.

He has lived on Sydney's northern beaches for most of his life, as well as in more densely populated Asian countries e.g. China, Indonesia, Japan and Taiwan. He has an MBA as well as an Economics degree.

Emanuele Paletto

Wakehurst
Greg Mawson
Newport, NSW

Greg has lived on the Northern Beaches of Sydney for the last 35 years.  Passionate about political integrity and democratic values he believes that politicians should listen more to the local community.

He is particularly concerned about the impact excessive population growth has had on the local area and Australia in general.  Overdevelopment causing overcrowding and excessive strain on public services and infrastructure needs urgent attention and political change.

Running as a candidate in Wakehurst gives local constituents the opportunity to send a clear message to government, “We want to be heard and we want our political representatives to act in our best interest”.

Greg Mawson

Sustainable Australia Party
Objectives and Core Values

Introduction to Sustainability

Sustainability involves the balancing of complex economic, environmental and social demands, but in simple terms means that the Australia (and world) we leave behind is as good as, if not better than, the one we inherited.

Objectives

Our community movement aims to secure an economically, environmentally and socially sustainable Australia.

This includes secure jobs, affordable housing, better planning, and a sustainable environment and population.

Core Values

Sustainable Australia is a centrist (not ‘left’ or ‘right’) community movement committed to a prosperous, inclusive, democratic and sustainable Australia.

Sustainable Australia policies represent our objectives and core values in action.

Sustainable Australia upholds the following core values:

1. Sustainable Living

Australia should progress economically and socially using resources in ecologically sustainable ways to protect the environment and the natural world. The aim is wellbeing for all Australians, present and future, and to preserve the biodiversity of our ecosystems, with enough space and resources to live well and in balance with each other. Sustainability and environmental impact involves the contribution of population numbers, per capita consumption and technology. A sustainable Australia requires the stabilising of our population, smaller per-person impacts on the environment and the adoption of better technologies.

2. Productive Innovation

We encourage innovation and sustainable development. In economic, environmental, social and cultural fields we advocate renewed investment in education and training, scientific research and entrepreneurship. The objective is a skilled, productive and creative nation, allowing all Australians to fulfil their potential.

3. Egalitarian Democracy

All individuals should have equal opportunity to take part in the democratic process. We are committed to honest governance that prioritises the broader public interest. Public policy should be based on objective evidence-based advice in light of wider social, economic, environmental, national security and cultural concerns.

4.Fiscal Responsibility

Public finances and resources should be properly managed and accounted for, so as to ensure Australia lives within its means.

5. Global Vision

Through partnership, example and assistance, Australia should help other nations to develop sustainably and meet the human rights of all citizens.

For more visit: www.sustainableaustralia.org.au

Stewart Anthony Matthews 
Independent

Stacey-Lee Mitchell                 
Australian Conservatives (NSW)

Pittwater has been a safe liberal seat for too long, it’s time we became Conservative.  The Liberals have not only lost their way, they’ve lost the map with it and that’s a real concern for Pittwater.  Our Liberal MP’s have campaigned on saving our local hospital, they didn’t.  89% of the constituency voted against losing Pittwater Council for planned amalgamation with 3 other Councils – we were merged with 2 others and that was supposed to be a win?!   

Natalie Matkovic          
Animal Justice Party

Also standing:

Kate Paterson

Candidate for Manly

Kate has been selected to represent the AJP in the NSW Legislative Assembly Election 2019 in the electorate of Manly. She is a local mum of three children, a Registered Nurse/Midwife and has resided in the Manly area for 20 years. Kate is aware that the Northern Beaches is a community which cares about the environment and animals, which is evident in the rising popularity of plant based eating and environmentally conscious lifestyles.

Kate is a member of the local branch of the AJP and has been a member of the party for six years. She was a candidate for Manly in the last State Election in 2015. Kate was inspired to join the AJP due to her concerns surrounding the lack of animal protection laws by the major political parties. She has been a long-time supporter of many animal welfare groups and has been involved in helping rehome rescue animals as well as having her own.

The Manly Area is an incredibly unique and diverse area with beautiful beaches, a national park, an aquatic reserve at Cabbage Tree bay and Manly Dam with its pristine bushland and an abundance of native wildlife. Kate is aware of the importance of preserving this natural environment and protecting native animals.

Kate was first made aware of the lack of animal protection laws when she witnessed first hand as a ten year old child the procedure known as “mulesling”, which involves cutting flaps of skin around a sheeps rump and tail, all without pain relief. This common practice shockingly still continues to be legal in Australia forty years later. Kate also learnt a decade ago about the intensive agricultural farming practices involving pigs, including “sow stalls” that most mother pigs are kept in. The sow stalls consist of a small metal crate, too small for the pigs to even turn around in. This farming practice along with medical procedures carried out without anaesthetic remains alive and well and legal in Australian piggeries.

The AJP plays a crucial role in promoting awareness about such cruel practices. Kate believes grass roots campaigning and informing the local community of how the vast majority of farmed animals live in Australia will enact change and create higher welfare for farmed animals through legislation. The AJP allows voters the certainty that animals, whether they are companion, farmed or wild are recognised for the sentient beings they are and are granted higher welfare.

Her other personal interests in animal welfare is the amount of healthy dogs and puppies that are euthanised every year as there is just not enough homes for shelter animals. She is acutely aware of the need to encourage people to ‘adopt, not shop’ to reduce the unnecessary killing of dogs. The latest RSPCA figures puts the number of homeless dogs killed at over 45,000 each year.

Susan Sorensen

Candidate for Wakehurst

Susan is an Early Childhood Teacher, who believes in peace, justice and freedom for all sentient beings we share the planet with and she believes in the absolute necessity to be an advocate for the environment to turn back the current climate crisis we find ourselves a part of. She has been a resident of the Northern beaches since 2002 after spending 15 years in Central Queensland. She has always had an affinity with nature and animals and has supported causes that have advocated for both as well as working towards creating a better world for younger generations. She has spent over 33 years teaching and supporting preschool aged children and their families in the development of a love of the natural world and in fostering kind, compassionate hearts for animals, people and the environment.

Susan participates regularly in beach and lagoon clean ups with the Northern Beaches clean-up crew as well as educating people about the treatment of animals, the environment and health through ‘Anonymous for the Voiceless’. When time permits, she enjoys bush walking, reading, camping and learning more about behavioural changes that are necessary to ensure the viability of the basic rights of all animals.

“I want to reduce the number of abandoned companion animals left in our volunteer run shelters and local council pounds,” said Susan. “I also want to protect our native animals and their habitats from overdevelopment, and build lifesaving wildlife overpasses across the electorate keeping both animals and the public safe. I believe it is important to remove the deadly 1080 poison from our bushlands and instead address our fox population on the Northern Beaches humanely. I advocate for research and funding for an immune-sterility contraception program with an aim to carry out non-lethal population control.”

“Protecting the ocean and marine life from pollution and fishing is critical, and planting more native trees across Wakehurst will create greener spaces for communities,” said Susan.

Susan joined the Animal Justice Party in 2017 to advocate for the animals, the environment and our future generations, compelled by the values of the party of Kindness, Equality, Rationality and Non-violence.

Animal Justice Party Policies

Our Vision

The Animal Justice Party has a long term vision for a kinder Australia but recognises that change will proceed in stages. Many of our policies recognise this and don’t simply describe our vision of the future, but the steps required to get there.

Our policies are broken down into 3 key areas: Animals Environment Humans

Animals

To learn more about each of our animal policies and their objectives please click on the links below:

• Farming
• Companion Animals
• Live Animal Exports
• Animal Experimentation
• Bats And Flying Foxes
• Greyhound Racing
• Wombats
• Brumbies
• Dingoes
• Sharks
• Introduced Animals
• Jumps Racing
• Kangaroos
• Koalas
• Native Birds
• Marine Animals
• Animals In Entertainment
• Zoos

Environment

To learn more about each of our environment policies and their objectives please click on the links below:

• Environment
• Climate Change
• Natural Gas
• Wildlife and Sustainability
• Great Barrier Reef
• Land Clearing

Humans

To learn more about each of our human policies and their objectives please click on the links below:

• Animal Law
• Biosecurity
• Cultured Meat
• Economy
• Education
• Employment
• Family Violence
• Gun Control
• Health
• Human Diet And Animals
• International Affairs
• Law and Social Justice
• Mental Health
• Population

Michael Newman          
Keep Sydney Open Party

Supports a safe and vibrant nightlife across NSW. Opposes the lockout laws.

Michael has lived on the Northern Beaches for 14 years. He is strongly connected to the area of Pittwater and is very proud to represent the area due to the culturally diverse atmosphere it offers. He has a long-standing passion for music and have become increasingly interested in observing how music alongside arts of all kinds contribute in creating vibrant nighttime economies. He would like to promote Pittwater as a place that embraces cultural diversity and that allows culture to flourish to its full potential. He is focused on creating a dialogue proposing alternative solutions in managing the nighttime economy as a key campaign issue.

Michael Newman

Also standing:

Dane Murray– Manly

Dane has been living in Manly for 8 years. Dane has helped build communities including Manly Entrepreneurs, co-hosting over 100 events for local Startups since 2012, and Burning Manly, an organisation which has run over 100 community beach cleanup gatherings, with live music, at Shelly Beach since 2015.

Dane works as a Collaboration Designer as freelancer within many top Australian Companies, State and Federal Government Agencies and not-for-profit community groups. Dane co-founded the Michael Crouch Innovation Centre at UNSW, is a Lecturer in Sustainable Design Thinking at UNSW, and a Facilitator in Purpose-based Vision-focused Entrepreneurship at UTS. Dane regularly works with the leading Collaboration Design capabilities in Sydney: KPMG U-Collaborate; Transport for NSW Sydney Trains Customer Central, Two Collaborate and PwC’s The Difference.

Jacob Shteyman– Davidson

Jacob has been a resident of St Ives his entire life and is a son to Jewish immigrants from Soviet Ukraine. His experiences in Sydney and abroad have convinced him that a vibrant cultural and nightlife scene is essential for Sydney to maintain its status as a true World city.

Katika Schultz– Wakehurst

Katika was born in Mona Vale hospital and brought up on the northern beaches. She worked in the hospitality industry for over 16 years and is an artist. She believes Sydney’s public transport options do not reflect a world class city, of which The Beaches should be a destination. The Northern Beaches has so many places that want to play music, show art and gather like-minded people. She is advocate for the “Agent of Change” model to noise complains and believes there are plenty of examples of other cities having easy transport, collaborative policy-making and dedicated arts funding.

• No position on action on climate change
• Supports increases in public transport
• No position on building roads & tollways
• No position on increased spending on education
• No position on the safe schools program
• No position on increased spending on TAFE
• No position on increased spending on health
• Supports voluntary euthanasia
• No position on action to prevent abuse of the elderly
• Supports greater accountability for politicians
• Opposes the lockout laws
• Supports action to curtail pokies