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After COVID: Zimmerman posits how the recovery will play in North Sydney

Independent candidate Kylea Tink and supporters in Forsyth Park, Neutral Bay

Challengers want to change the climate in Federal Parliament By Grahame Lynch North Sydney MP Trent Zimmerman is in a fight for the centre at the next federal election, likely to be held anytime between now and May as he faces challenges from two self-styled progressive, small-l liberal candidates. Both are running on platforms highlighting climate change and the desire for a national integrity or anticorruption commission. North Sydney’s Independent candidate Kylea Tink and New Liberals candidate Victor Kline have both declared their intention to run against Zimmerman in the electorate, won by the Liberal with a 51.5% primary vote and 59% two party preferred vote in 2019.

With candidates from Labor, the Greens, the Sustainable Australia Party and possibly others with similar policies likely to run, North Sydney electors face a campaign which will be dominated by climate change advocacy. The goal of the challengers will be to suppress Zimmerman’s primary vote to 40% or below, and then aim for a tight preference swap which will propel one of their number to 50% of the final vote. Tink is the pick of the North Sydney’s Independent, a well-organised group of local residents who mounted a high-profile search earlier this year to find the “next Ted Mack” - a reference Continued on page 2

North Sydney Federal MP Trent Zimmerman has painted a bright picture for how the district will recover from the COVID-19 induced local recession, expressing hope that new infrastructure builds and a highly innovative business economy will drive recovery. And at the same time, he has hit out at would-be challengers for his job who say he lacks conviction on climate change, pointing to extensive policy and advocacy work he has undertaken within the government as well as the shift in the overall position of the Coalition on a zero emissions target in the current parliamentary term. “It’s been quite emotional seeing what a ghost town North Sydney has become during the lockdown but there is a light at the end of the tunnel and that's the resilience of the economy and the resilience of businesses,” Zimmerman told North Sydney Sun. “Australia has done better than any other country in the world in rebounding as we showed earlier this year. And I’m confident that we’ll do that again. Obviously, during the process, the government’s worked with New South Wales to make sure that there is support for those businesses most affected and also for employees,” he added. Zimmerman said the federal government had been focused on its vaccine rollout and the national plan for re-opening the economy. “I am really thrilled that New South Wales will, in fact, after the horror of the last few

months, really be leading the country in terms of being able to reopen because we’ve been able to get vaccination rates so high and in Sydney and across the state.” Zimmerman said that he is confident that the North Sydney economy can bounce back, despite the prospect that the work-from-home practices developed by many local employers may endure post-lockdown. “I’ve always been a very big proponent of the role of North Sydney in innovation and the ICT sector. And so I worked, for example, with the videogaming sector to be developing policies that are going to benefit the cluster of really exciting cutting edge businesses that we’ve got in North Sydney Continued on page 5

Council fights against $96m strip of developer fees North Sydney Council has banded together with other city councils to oppose a state government decision which could strip up to $96 million from its revenue over the next decade. The NSW government’s plan to revamp the way developer levies are allocated would see the state planning department get more say over allocations. The proposed bill states: “No connection is required between the development of land to which a regional infrastructure contribution relates and the object of expenditure of money required to be paid.” North Sydney Council said it had combined with some 22 other councils, including Mosman and City of Sydney, to lobby against the changes. Council said that the change would impact: “the money councils levy developers to help pay for local infra-

structure such as playgrounds, sports fields, libraries and parks.” “Without these funds, councils will be forced to either cut funding to these services or raise council rates,” a spokesperson said. “North Sydney Council alone would lose more than $96 million over ten years and would need to raise rates by 10%, over and above the rate peg, to make up the shortfall.” “I’m concerned that we’ll have development here in North Sydney and someone will get a benefit in Bathurst, or Orange, or Byron Bay,” North Sydney Mayor Jilly Gibson told the North Sydney Sun. Gibson is concerned that the new development in North Sydney will lose its social licence as a result. “It’s like what we’re trying do up at Neutral Bay,” Gibson said.

“I think it’s reasonable if we accept a small increase in height there and get a huge underground parking station, and a public plaza where the existing car park is,” she added. “But if the proposed bill gets passed, then all the money just sort of goes into this huge pot and who knows where it ends up.” A council submission on the topic stated: “The very real resistance that is experienced in North Sydney to population and housing growth within established communities, will be further fuelled and community confidence undermined as Council’s capacity to deliver infrastructure that sustains and “softens” growth impacts, is severally diminished.” Gibson was part of a mayoral delegation which met with planning minister Rob Stokes earlier this month.

Challengers declare for federal poll Continued from page 1 to the independent politician who through the 1980s had outstanding electoral success firstly as mayor, then state member, and finally, as federal member. WHO IS KYLEA TINK? Tink, 50, is a Northbridge resident with three children who is best known as the former CEO of the McGrath Foundation, the charity founded by Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath which raises funds for breast cancer treatment. She was also the CEO of Camp Quality, which helps children with cancer. Prior to her charity involvement she was MD of Edelman, the public relations firm. “I think pretty much my entire life I’ve been an advocate for improved community outcomes. So whether it was something that was necessary or something that was just an aspirational target. And politics had been mentioned to me a few times during the course of my life, but I could never get comfortable with the whole idea of becoming a member of a party,” Tink told North Sydney Sun. “The last decade I feel like we’ve just lost so much time on so many really important issues like climate, like integrity, like gender equity. And when the team from North Sydney’s Independent reached out to me to ask me if I would consider running as an independent, I saw this opportunity to have a voice for this electorate on these issues,” she said. “And to be able to maintain that voice’s integrity no matter where I was taking it. I can take the North Sydney electoral voice to Canberra and the only group that I’m beholden to is the North Sydney electorate.” Tink says there wasn’t a formal preselection process from North Sydney’s Independent. Instead: “I’m a mechanic’s daughter, okay? So, at one point going through this process, I did say to NSI, “I now know what a car feels like when it’s put over the pits for registration,” because the team did very robust due diligence on me. But I appreciated that, because from the minute I connected with this group, it was very clear that transparency, integrity, authenticity were going to be really important to them.” Tink’s main target is what she charges is the inconsistency of Trent Zimmerman on issues such as climate change: she charges that while he identifies as a moderate in his electorate he still conforms to the party line when in Canberra. “I think Trent is a nice guy. I’ve met him a number of times, but he talks one way and then votes like Barnaby Joyce,” Tink said. “That doesn’t sit well with me. So if that’s politics, or if that’s party politics, I think it’s time that there were more independents down in Canberra, quite honestly.” “I voted for Trent Zimmerman at the last election. And I did that because I wanted to believe that he and the Liberal Party could be the change that we needed to see. But it’s not hap-

pened, it’s not eventuated,” she said. “So I actually think there’s a lot of people out there that probably have been Liberal voters most of their life, but it’s as if the Liberal Party has left people like me behind. They don’t see people who talk like me anymore as being important in their party, because they fundamentally disregard what it is that we’re concerned about.” “We need people whose only agenda is the agenda of their electorate. Not an ideological agenda, a lobbyist agenda, or the agenda of some wellheeled group pushing it through.” Tink singles out the voluntary efforts of the North Sydney’s Independent group, which claims 400 supporters, as a key asset for her candidacy. “They are an amazing group of people,” she observed. “Pretty much everything that North Sydney’s Independent has done to date has been enabled through people giving time. There's been a lot of volunteer hours and time put in behind that campaign.” But she also acknowledged the support of Climate 200. This group is helmed by Simon Holmes a Court, the Melbourne-based renewable energy investor and advocate, who is also backing independents in other electorates such as Wentworth and Kooyong. “I think what we’ve seen in Simon is a person who’s galvanising a wider community around the importance of climate,” Tink said. “We are talking to them and he’s keen to see us succeed. They’ll only be a contributor in the campaign, they’ll not be the contributor in the campaign. And I hadn’t met or spoke to Simon until North Sydney’s Independent had already selected me, so he wasn’t involved at all in my selection.” Earlier, Tink told the Sydney Morning Herald that Climate 200 may match her campaign’s first $100,000 in fund raising. NEW LIBERAL CHALLENGE: Tink isn’t the only challenger to Zimmerman, with self-styled New Liberal Victor Kline also announcing his candidacy for the seat. The New Liberals aren’t a break away group from the Liberals, but instead an attempt to reclaim the traditional meaning of the word ‘liberal’ in its classical British or contemporary American sense. Crows Nest resident Kline, 69, has a fascinating background as a prosecutor, barrister, actor and director. He has performed Shakespeare characters Othello, Marc Anthony and Prospero in Sydney and New York, and appeared in iconic TV shows such as All Saints. He was admitted as a barrister a year after law school at aged 22 and has since worked consistently since as a prosecutor, barrister and legal editor in both Darwin and Sydney. He is one of four co-founders of the New Liberals, who have also recruited renown economist Steve Keen to head its NSW Senate Ticket. “We’re progressive people,” Kline told North Sydney Sun. “We typically

New Liberals’ Victor Kline were Labor voters, I suppose, but not because we were huge fans of the Labor Party, but because the Liberal Party had disappeared as we understood the Liberal Party to be, to instead become ultra-conservative. It wasn’t the party Menzies founded at all. Then we found the Labor Party to be very unsatisfying. They vote with the government on everything.” Kline said that the New Liberals received a fillip from legislation designed to suppress small parties by raising their required membership floor from 500 to 1500. “We put out a call and we got about 1,400 new members in 48 hours,” Kline said. However, the legislation will also prohibit his party using the “Liberal” word on ballot papers, where it will be shortened to the acronym TNL instead. Kline disavowed the notion that their use of the word ‘liberal’ is confusing. “We knew that what we were going to form was a liberal party, as that is understood around the world and has been for 200 years. We weren’t

forming a labor party. Sure, we had been voting Labor and Greens by default, but we were liberal people in the true sense,” he explained. “My brother-in-law, whose father was press secretary to Menzies, and a big macho bloke, was literally in tears last election, saying, ‘Those bastards have stolen my party.’ And that’s how we feel. We wanted to give back a real liberal party. Okay, we’re not going to try and do a replica of Menzies 60 years on. Some of the social issues would be absurd to adopt. We aren’t a labor party we’re a liberal party. Kline claimed he can mount an even bigger campaign ground effort than Tink, pointing to 600 volunteers and supporters in the electorate. Whatever the case, both candidates are extremely media savvy. The announcement of Tink’s candidacy was the culmination of a wellcoordinated campaign which generated months of anticipation and a sense of primacy in her challenge to Zimmerman. This peaked with a front page in the Sydney Morning Herald and a spot on Nine News: publicity most independent candidates in other areas could only dream of. Kline has adopted a guerrilla posture on social media. A recent Twitter post making the unverified claim that journalists has been threatened by federal government advisers with loss of access to briefings if they covered the New Liberals, resulted in thousands of likes and retweets, and apparently, another surge in new memberships from the general public.

Climate & integrity the issues of choice Both Kylea Tink and Victor Kline emphasise climate and integrity as their two top issues of choice. On climate, Tink said: “As an independent, I can make the case for the change that we want to see. (Warringah MP) Zali Steggall did amazing work with the community, to recently table bills that didn't even make it out of the government subcommittee. Trent Zimmerman sat on that panel and recommended that the bills not be taken in to parliament for debate. So it would be my intention that North Sydney’s voice doesn't get suppressed behind a party curtain.” “We want adoption of renewable sustainable energies. North Sydney, we should be a beacon when it comes to things like electronic vehicles, the use of solar panel to power our communities. But we’re not supported by that in terms of a really robust, transparent federal policy that we can all feel the certainty to buy into.” Climate is a main focus for Kline as well. “We’re going for net zero emissions by 2035, which I think all the good thinking people, the Greens no doubt, my opponent, Kylea Tink, will have that same sort of thing” “We also have a very strong water

policy, which no one seems to address. We say half of the environmental problem in this country is water. There are stations up there on the state border that have literally dams as big as Sydney Harbour. So the Darling and the Murray are dry, and you’ve got these government ministers where one buys water on behalf of the government from another one at twice the price,” he said. “This is true Watergate!” Kline this converges with his other big policy: the need for an anticorruption commission. “We want a federal ICAC with teeth. Now, a lot of people have ICAC models and some of them even say they have ICAC models with teeth, but they’re lying through their teeth, so to speak,” Kline said. Tink also emphasised this issue, alluding to the controversy over Christian Porter’s use of a blind trust to fund a defamation action. “There’s not another workplace in the country that would tolerate this sort of behaviour that we’ve seen coming out of Canberra,” Tink said. “And I think the biggest part of the problem is there is no independent body at the moment that can act as a watchdog.”

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Zimmerman: It’s crazy that people want to extinguish my voice on climate change Continued from page 1 that work in that area,” he told the Sun. “One of the first things I did when I was elected was establish the Sydney Innovation Network to promote and then seek collaboration between businesses at the forefront of the sector. So there are really exciting opportunities for North Sydney and that's obviously going to be enhanced as we move forward by the completion of things like the new metro line, which is really going to make North Sydney a far more attractive destination for businesses to be,” he added. “The federal government is contributing over a billion dollars towards that project. So it’s going to be a game changer for North Sydney when you can get from to Barangaroo in three minutes and Martin Place within five minutes and really be connected to the golden arc that stretches from the north west through North Sydney and across into the city.” Zimmerman is also confident that daytime street custom from the office crowd will return to local streets before too long. “I think that the attractiveness of working from home for businesses and employees will not be an enduring feature as we emerge from the pandemic, because we know that there's all that benefit of being working alongside your colleagues,” Zimmerman said. “And whilst we might see some changes in patterns and people working from home one day a week or something like that, at the end of the day, it's that human to human contact which really makes a difference.” “The people I felt most sorry for are really young people who are missing out on that day to day mentoring that they get when they’re starting their career from those experienced in their industry. And I think that will drive people coming back together. There will be a lag for CBDs like North Sydney but ultimately we’re going to see business return. And that’s obviously crucial for the small businesses right now in our area.”

CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE: Zimmerman also used his interview with the North Sydney Sun to address months of criticisms of him from the North Sydney’s Independent group, culminating in their selection of candidate Kylea Tink to run against him on a primarily climate change platform. Tink charges that Zimmerman professes to be a climate change believer in his electorate but when in Canberra votes the same way as “Barnaby Joyce.” But Zimmerman contrasted his lifelong public advocacy of environmental issues with those he says do “little more than tweet about it.” “I’ve been a public advocate on environment well before my time as a member of parliament. In fact, when I was on North Sydney Council for eight years, and I was putting up motions to urge council to support the roll out of electric vehicles, which at the time was considered to be an oddity, but quite prescient as we now see,” he said. “I am passionate about climate change and I think it is one of the great issues that is facing both Australia and the world.” “And I have been probably the most vocal voice in the Liberal Party room arguing for strong action and particularly pushing things like making sure that we adopt net zero targets for 2050, which I think is vital,” he added. SUCCESS: Zimmerman said that contrary to the claim that he had been ineffective in moving his colleagues on these issues, he has had success. “I campaigned for more money for Renewable Energy Agency, which was delivered in last year’s budget. I’ve been pleased to see the fact that the government has been very upfront in accepting net zero as our goal. I want to see that firmed as a target for 2050,” Zimmerman said. He pointed to an immense amount of work behind the scenes which is now publicly bearing fruit: “It seems crazy to me that anyone would want to extinguish voices in the Liberal Party who are arguing for progressive and sensible policies on climate change.”

Zimmerman said very little can be achieved from the crossbenches on such a big policy challenge. “I think that that you need to be inside the tent to deliver these outcomes. And on an area like climate change, the majority of the work has to do with policy and funding, not what happens on the floor of parliament,” he observed. “It’s actually about the hard yards of policy development and plans that we need to put in place to get to net zero.” One specific criticism of Zimmerman mounted by Tink and her backers at North Sydney’s Independent and Climate 200 is that he used his position on a cross-parliamentary legislation committee to block a climate change bill proposed by Warringah independent Zali Steggall from being debated by the parliament. They say this belies his claimed credentials on the issue. “Well, there are a number of pathways to net zero. And I’m interested in actually developing the policies and supporting the policies that get us to zero,” Zimmerman responded. “A new bureaucracy (as proposed by Stegall in her bill) does not get us to zero. And in fact, in the cross-party committee, Labor also said the bill was not the way it would solve the policy challenge.”

“In my report on the bill, I outlined what I thought were very practical suggestions as to what we could do, starting with obviously adopting the target of net zero.” “But I also made recommendations about things that the government could do to strengthen the process to get there,” Zimmerman said. MORE THAN A TWEET: Zimmerman dismissed the track record of his independent critics, who he observed had few credentials on climate change outside of social media posts. “I bring to North Sydney both a depth of experience in working with our community before I was in parliament, a deep understanding of the issues faced by local residents, but also the experience to help drive policy within the government,” he said. Zimmerman believes this is particularly important at a time when the economy is entering a recovery phase. “I don’t believe that a hung parliament helps deliver a stable and strong government that we will need over the years ahead for issues like our economic recovery, the health response and climate change.” “I don’t think a parliament of independents will deliver. And I wouldn't wish this even on Labor.”

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Our future - Council must stand up to the State Government when it: takes our parklands for the Western Harbour and Beaches tunnels and forces tunnel bound traffic through North Sydney’s CBD

I WILL FIGHT FOR: Our parklands – deliver and protect: * Western Foreshore of Berrys Bay – have it opened to our community * Sydney Harbour Highline – linking Milsons Point to Waverton - make it a reality * Cammeray Golf Course – have all of it returned to our community * Wendy’s “Secret” Garden – protect it in perpetuity * Bradfield Park – save it from being carved up for bike ramps * Keep and Protect public land – make it available for all to enjoy – not to be sold off or alienated by a long-term lease

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When it comes to Governance, things that need to be done: * Move “B Line” buses to the Beaches’ tunnel (limit through traffic on Military Road from Northern Beaches) * Take back planning control from the State Government * A levy on “windfall” profits resulting from State Government overriding Council’s planning rules * Audit of Council commercial properties rebalance holdings to maximise returns * Audit of Council controlled “affordable housing” - to maximise available housing units and recognise the dire need to provide support housing for women escaping abusive relationships

Council seeks fee waiver, calls on community to back local small businesses for a post-COVID 19 recovery North Sydney Mayor Jilly Gibson said that she wants North Sydney Council to do as much as it can to assist local small businesses recover from the dramatic loss of revenues some have endured as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. While some local cafes, takeaways and supermarkets have prospered as residents have bunkered down in their local neighbourhoods, many other SMEs have seen their revenues smashed from a lack of office worker, inhouse dining and retail browsing trade. Google analytics suggest foot traffic in the North Sydney and St Leonards business areas have fallen by nearly 80% in the last year and a half. Gibson told the North Sydney Sun: “I want a new initiative to give more relief to our small businesses, our small food and beverage businesses. When we can open up at the end of next month, we’re going to put a waiver on the outdoor licensing fees until the end of 30 January, 2022.” She added: “We’re also going to let all our small businesses apply to use adjoining council loan spaces, whether that's lawn, pavement, whatever. So they can try to have more patrons and spread them out in a COVID safe fashion. She nominated as an example, the La Capannina restaurant in Milsons

Point. “I want them to apply and we’ll let them use all that grass area that's out outside their building. To me, that just makes sense and it would be a really good way to give these poor businesses because they’ve really suffered. And I think anything that we can do to help give them a bounce back, we should do.” Gibson said she has made it a practice to stop in and speak with many local small businesses over the past 18 months. Life is getting tougher for many of them, she noted. “They’re exhausted,” she noted. “They’re sort of just hanging on. I’ve had many businesses urging me to ... for council to give them some help just to try to make up for the lost time. “They’re all terribly unhappy, very stressed. A lot of our local business people live in the area. The owners of La Capannina, they live in the area. Bamford's Bar, he lives just down the street from me. Maggios up in Cammeray. John at Against the Grind in Neutral Bay: they’re locals.” Gibson added: “We owe them a duty to help them all we can, I think. And that’s what our community want us to do. I'm sensing an overwhelming feel from members of the community that they want to help, and they want council to help do anything they can

North Sydney Mayor Jilly Gibson outside Foys at Milsons Park for these businesses.” “If we can provide the extra outdoor space, the residents will be there booking a seat at a table at a restaurant five or six nights a week, I would think. Some of us have a bit of money in the bank because we haven’t been spending it too much, and we’ll all be out there. I’ll be out there.”

Gibson’s comments follow a motion at the last Council meeting, moved and seconded by councillors Jessica Keen and Ian Mutton, calling for relief from charges for the area’s small businesses as they attempt to recover from the pandemic. The motion was passed unanimously, 9-0.

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Kathy Brodie gets 5 months gig as deputy mayor

We’re still weeks away from being out of lockdown, but North Sydney residents now have not just one but two election campaigns to digest over the next few months. Regular readers of North Sydney Sun will know that the campaign for what was originally going to be a September 4 council election kicked off as long ago as June. COVID-19 saw the election delayed to December 4 and it’s going to be interesting to see how the regime of limited public mobility, mask mandates and sanitation chic plays out in a traditional community election campaign. As the advertising in this newspaper attests, democracy at local level is still highly in fashion and voters will have plenty to ponder when they cast votes in two months. Furthermore, a shadow federal election campaign has kicked off with two savvy and insurgent candidates, Kylea Tink and Victor Kline, launching their candidacies in the past fortnight. We don’t actually have an election date as of yet. It could be held as late as May, which suggests the shadow campaign could endure as long as 9 months—a full quarter of a parliamentary term. Tink and Kline think there is a tidal movement in the electorate in favour of stronger emissions targets and anti-corruption institutional machinery. It remains to be seen if this is the case at an time when people may be more focused on COVID-19 economic impacts and national security issues. But both look determined to make this a genuine contest and one likely to attract national attention.

North Sydney Council has a new deputy mayor for the remaining months of its current term, with the victors of the December 4 poll likely to meet in January to elect new office holders. Councillor Kathy Brodie won five votes to three against previous deputy mayor Stephen Barbour at a council meeting in August. The vote was required at that date even though the election has been delayed from September until December. The primary role of the Deputy Mayor is to fill in for the Mayor if there is any unforeseen absence with her role. The role of Deputy Mayor also provides a stronger position to advocate for council initiatives within the community. With just months left before the election, Brodie said she saw the post -Covid recovery as her main priority in the new position. “I hope to see North Sydney emerge from lockdown and work with the community and businesses to return to normal as soon as possible,” she told North Sydney Sun. “This would include a continuation of free outdoor dining spaces and more flexibility with kerbside dining when available,” she added. Brodie also observed that with the 5km travel limit the community have embraced and discovered all the green and harbour space within North Sydney. “I’m hoping this will lead to some progress of one of my initiatives for a netted harbour swimming area so the community could be at ease and safe while enjoying our beautiful harbour,” she said. “Another challenge will be managing the fallout from the construction of the Warringah Freeway upgrade and the Western Harbour Tunnel. The community is not happy with all the trees and green space being lost, and the lack of filters on the emission stacks. I want to ensure that North Sydney Council does everything in its power to limit the detrimental effects for our community.” Brodie also hopes to add a different perspective on the interminable debates about cycling in the LGA. “In addition, I hope to continue to encourage the other councillors to support new cycleways and the new Sydney Harbour Bridge ramp exiting Milsons Point that the State government is funding,” “I am often perplexed when the State Government will 100% fund new cycleways for the community and the current councillors veto it so the funding is lost and no new cycling infrastructure is delivered for the community,” she added. “Currently I am the only regular cyclist on council and the only councillor who has always supported this.” As to her intentions to seek reelection in December, she stated: “I am not in council to build a career in politics and am not a member of any political party. Prior to the extension of the election date from Sept 2021 I had decided not to run again, howev-

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Kathy Brodie er every week I get several calls from the community requesting that I run again, so watch this space!” Brodie also thanked outgoing deputy Barbour for his service in the role. “It was an amicable coup! Stephen congratulated me immediately after I was elected and sent his support,” she said. Funds for harbour planning The NSW Government has awarded $274,000 to support 20 local councils including North Sydney to protect over 480 square kilometres of Sydney Harbour. The Greater Sydney Harbour catchment comprises of four smaller catchments including Parramatta River, Lane Cove River, Middle Harbour and the remaining foreshore areas draining into Port Jackson. Urban stormwater runoff was identified as a key issue in an initial 2018 scoping study, which also recommended further technical studies, as well as a system-wide Coastal Management Program. Stormwater occurs when rainwater flows through street gutters man-

aged by councils and picks up pollutants such as litter, garden nutrients, dog droppings and more. Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock said 540 tonnes of harmful nutrients enter Sydney Harbour each year, as well as 340,000 tonnes of solids including soil and rubbish. “The grant funding will help consolidate all urban stormwater data and enable individual councils to develop management actions to be considered in the CMP, in coordination with the management programs of state agencies,” Hancock said. “Developing a CMP helps local government to understand the complex coastal and estuarine environment, and to plan future actions.” Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment and Member for North Shore Felicity Wilson said the Sydney Coastal Councils Group, working closely with the Parramatta River Catchment Group, will lead the project one step closer to developing a Greater Sydney Harbour Coastal Management Plan. “This crucial forward-thinking planning will ensure the best outcome for our iconic Sydney Harbour,” Wilson said. “Councils linked by the Greater Sydney Harbour catchment area have come together for the first time ever to pool resources and work towards a whole of catchment plan to protect Sydney Harbour. “This is the largest collaboration of councils to receive a NSW Government planning grant, and we are excited to see this group work together to improve and strengthen Sydney Harbour.” The $274,000 grant is funded under the NSW Government’s Coastal and Estuary Grants Program, which aims to increase the resilience of coastal communities and implement actions to improve the health of the NSW coastlines and estuaries.

Vale Jim Saad, Milsons Point legend

Tributes have flown for the much loved Milsons Point cobbler and keymaker, Jim Saad, who passed away last month aged 80. Saad opened his premises at the station in the 1960s making him probably the longest surviving retail operator in the area. There is now an online push to erect a memorial to him, after residents left a plentiful number of flower arrangements and notes in front of his premises. Photo credit: Lloyd Gedhill (left), Tram Vo (right)

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Three North Sydney high school students acknowledged in 105-strong NSW excellence list Three students from North Sydney Boys High and Girls have been acknowledged for what was described as their exceptional achievement and contribution to public education as part of the 2021 NSW Minister’s and Secretary’s Awards for Excellence. The three are among 105 students, teachers, staff and parents across the state who have made major contributions to their school communities and serve as role models to their peers. Also showcased are schools that have developed innovative programs focused on student wellbeing, improving school results or changing the way education is delivered within the government system. The first awarded was Thinesshan Thevathasan of North Sydney Boys High School. According to a press statement from the education minister, Thinesshan is a “true all-rounder, a young man with enthusiasm, a love of learning and natural leadership skills. He is a most deserving candidate for this important award and represents what is good about public education. He is a valued member of our school community and exemplifies falcon pride and the Falcon Code, the set of values held dear in our school, preparing young men to be the future.” The second awarded was Annabel Chen from North Sydney Girls High School. “An extremely talented individual, Annabel has succeeded in all she has done with humility. Her outstanding academic success has been complemented by her acclaimed achievements across a range of extra curricular, leadership and sporting accomplishments,” the government said. “As a prefect, leader of our environmental group and an executive member of the Charities and Social Justice Council, Annabel has been a powerful role model to younger peers. Her success in Taekwondo is noteworthy at a state level. A compassionate, genuine team player, Annabel is an individual of the highest integrity.”

The third awardee was Laura Campbell, also of North Sydney Girls High School. “Laura Campbell embodies excellence in all she does and proudly lives the values of public education. Laura has dedicated herself to advocating for those who cannot advocate for themselves and is most proud of her achievements in the leadership of our school animal rights group, Roar.” “Laura excels across all subjects, public speaking, debating and her school leadership role as Vice Captain. Laura’s enthusiasm and contribution to the Arts programs has been substantial, culminating in her role as Assistant Dance Teacher and lead in the 2019 Musical Hairspray. Exceptionally talented, Laura will make a positive contribution to our future.” NSW Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning Sarah Mitchell said the 2021 awards highlighted the excellence underpinning the NSW public school system even as schools, students and teachers have navigated the challenges of natural disasters and a global pandemic. “These awards reveal that regardless of the circumstances, our students, teachers, principals and the school community are always striving for learning and teaching excellence,” Mitchell said. Department of Education Secretary Georgina Harrisson said the geographic spread of award winners demonstrated that the State’s public education system was delivering excellence regardless of location. “Whether it is the use of technology to deliver language classes across the State, an on-site observatory inspiring the astronomers of the future or a program using a school cafeteria to improve wellbeing, the programs represented in these awards are just the tip of the iceberg in outstanding initiatives that are happening across the NSW public education system,” Harrisson said. The Minister’s Award for Excellence in Student Achievement considers

achievement in the academic, sporting, cultural and leadership fields, commitment to the school community and personal values. The Minister’s Award for Excellence in Teaching considers professional knowledge, practice and engagement. The Public Education Foundation’s executive director David Hetherington said the foundation was proud to host the awards on behalf of the Education Minister and the Education Department Secretary. “These awards celebrate the exceptional work that occurs every day across NSW public education – by schools, students, teachers, employees and parents,” Hetherington said. “In 2021, the standard is as high as ever and perhaps even more impressive as this work has been undertaken against the backdrop of a pandemic.” The announcement came as the NSW government released its 2021 HSC snapshot. 68,710 students are working towards the 2021 Higher School Certificate, Mitchell said. “Enrolment this year is consistent with previous years, with Mathematics, Biology and Business Studies attracting the largest number of students for nine years running. We’ve also seen a promising increase of 19% in Science Extension enrolment, which was first examined in 2019. It’s great to see students, particularly young women who make up 54% of this year’s enrolment, taking on the new research-based course,” Mitchell said. “This year, we have 898 sets of twins and 15 sets of triplets and quadruplets spread across NSW cities and regions.” 20,234 students or 26% of the total cohort) are enrolled in at least one HSC Vocational Educational and Training course, with Hospitality (7,274), Construction (3,663) and Business Services (2,564) continuing to see the highest number of enrolments. There will be 110 HSC exams in total between November 9 and December 3. The first exam will be for English.

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Construction roadworks playing havoc with residents during lockdown Transport for NSW construction activities on the Pacific Highway between Lavender Street exit from the Harbour Bridge to Arthur Street/High Street North Sydney are driving nearby residents to distraction. For the last couple of weeks, works along this corridor have been taking place (on most days and approx. 4 to 5 nights per week). Unfortunately for the residents of Arthur Street south, noise funnels through the tunnel at Arthur Street and radiates across the whole of Arthur Street south all the way down to Lavender Street. Like the rest of the state, residents are in lockdown and are trying to work from home during this period. So not only do we not sleep of a night time, we cannot carry on our work during the day as the noise is too loud, in some cases, to speak on the phone/zoom/video call. At the time of notification to residents by TfNSW, we were informed of specific dates but these have been brought forward to take advantage of reduced road traffic flows during Covid lockdown. But what about the nearby residents confined to our homes day and night at this time? Sleep deprivation has put a strain on the residents, on their relationships, their families, not to mention their businesses and children's education.

Letters to the editor TfNSW advertise a 1800 number to report problems but this number invariably doesn’t work. An offer of hotel accommodation was finally made – but how wise is it to leave the security of one’s own home lockdown for less certain hotel accommodation? Now we are told the noise will be continuing into September. Some people are already ‘sleeping in their laundry" others having to resort to "sleep medication’, and still others drive out of the vicinity and sleep in their cars. It is outrageous that TfNSW are treating residents in this way. An acoustic shield should plug the Arthur St tunnel during construction. TfNSW have not bothered to design ways to ameliorate the effects of their work before the works started. None of the residents object to the works being carried out but they do object to it being undertaken day and night during the current Covid lockdown without proper consultation and advice to residents. Residents have attempted repeatedly to suggest ways TfNSW could schedule works to re-

duce the impact, without hearing back from TfNSW on these suggestions. Residents have communicated their concerns to our local state MP and while sympathetic, attempts by TfNSW to “reach out” to residents while continuing with noisy works is all too late and smacks of tokenism. We constantly hear sympathetic noises from the state government about lockdown and its flow on effects, particularly psychological effects, but at the same time government agencies are perpetuating a problem. Why can’t there be proper planning and genuine consideration towards those affected? Ian Curdie Lavender Bay Milsons Point bike ramp Kudos to North Sydney Sun for its fair and comprehensive reporting of the community’s preference for a linear cycle ramp at Milsons Point. Kudos too to Transport for NSW in meeting the community’s wishes with the launch of a design competition to finesse the linear ramp concept. And kudos to Mayor Jilly Gibson and State MP Felicity Wilson for their endorsement of this initiative. It is a shame that there is still opposition to the community’s wishes [looking at you Cr Ian, though your

excellent other work for North Sydney is admirable; and MPCG’s Julia Connor]. Thankfully new candidates for Council, such as James Mullan, are supportive of the wise development designed to benefit all users of this busy hub. As Minister Andrew Constance has stated: “We’re after innovative designs that are not only worthy of the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge, but also respect the heritage of the area, embrace Aboriginal culture and enhance the open space for the Milsons Point community.” Let us be ready to welcome the new detailed designs for the linear cycle ramp and give them the responsible evaluation they deserve. Fergus Maclagan Milsons Point Thanks from a reader Just a note to say thank you for your excellent publication. It is very informative and enjoyable. I find it clarifies many local issues. Much appreciated. Sue Binney Crows Nest Send your emails, letters or anything that may be of interest to the Sun at grahamelynch@commsdaymail.com

North Sydney’s Rydges hotel, 2,500 sqm site for sale Iconic local hotel Rydges North Sydney is for sale, through CBRE Hotels’ Wayne Bunz and Michael Simpson. Buyers have the flexibility to either acquire the property with vacant possession or retain Rydges under a longterm management agreement. The Rydges North Sydney features 167 guest rooms and suites together with a restaurant and bar, conference facilities and a business centre. Located at 54 McLaren Street, the asset occupies a 2,549 sqm freehold site in what is considered one of the largest corporate catchments in Australia. “Sydney is a global tier one investment destination and hotel investment opportunities, particularly those offering vacant possession of management, are rare and hotly contested,” Bunz said. “Sydney’s hotel investment market has continued to be incredibly buoyant, as evidenced by the recent sales campaigns for the Primus Sydney, Four Points Sydney and the Travelodge Hotels portfolio. This offering will attract strong interest from a myriad of investor types, including hotel investment groups, owner operators, and long-term land bankers given is future development potential.” CBRE Hotels’ managing director Michael Simpson added, “The hotel offers ultimate flexibility for an investor. It can be renovated and repositioned to take advantage of the domestic tourism recovery. It is also perfectly positioned to be transformed into a luxury residential apartment tower, given the site’s highly flexible zoning, the height precedents in the immediate area and the proximity to retail

Commercial property and transport amenities.” Simpson said North Sydney’s continued growth would be supported by enhanced connectivity to the Sydney CBD by the Sydney Metro development, with the commute from Victoria Cross Station in North Sydney to Barangaroo in Sydney’s CBD being only three minutes. In addition, Simpson said North Sydney Council had been implementing a long-term strategy for the evolution of the North Sydney CBD via the Ward Street Masterplan. Expressions of Interest close October 14, 2021, unless sold prior. Nearby, Cbus Property, has partnered with leading Sydney-based real estate developer, Galileo Group, to acquire an circa 4,000-square-metre residential development site in North Sydney. The East Walker Street site is located within the North Sydney Council’s Ward Street Precinct, a council-led masterplan initiative intended to stimulate the northern end of North Sydney’s CBD and create a best practice planning framework to optimise development opportunities emerging from the opening of the Victoria Cross metro station in 2024. Comprising an aggregation of seven smaller sites, the site has been the subject of a planning proposal process originally submitted in March 2019. The site obtained approval from the

Sydney North Planning Panel on 17 March 2021, with gazettal finalised on 30 July 2021. Cbus Property’s CEO Adrian Pozzo said the company had seized the opportunity to partner with Galileo on the residential development opportunity, recognising the prime location of the site within close proximity of the “vibrant and burgeoning” North Sydney CBD. He acknowledged Platform Project Services’ assistance in relation to the acquisition of the site. “The intention is to develop highend owner-occupier residences in this fabulous location with views across the eastern side of Sydney Harbour and northern Sydney,” Pozzo said. Galileo Group’s CEO Neil Werrett went on to say that the unrivalled front row views to Sydney’s CBD, Opera House and Harbour Bridge

could not be built out. “In addition, the site is located close to the Victoria Cross metro station, which will offer outstanding access to public transport when the Sydney Metro opens in 2024,” Werrett said. FJMT Studio has been appointed to curate a design for the project. “FJMT Studio has collaborated previously with Galileo Group on the recently completed King & Phillip project and with Cbus Property on the under-construction 111 Castlereagh, both recognised as benchmark luxury residential developments in Sydney’s CBD,” Pozzo said. A planning application is yet to be lodged but pending approval, demolition and excavation are anticipated for 2022, with construction anticipated to commence in 2023 and completion anticipated in 2026.

A lifetime of fashion as drawn by a St Leonards illustrator St Leonards-based fashion illustrator and artist Marta Madison has a new book out, called “Girl Can Draw.” The opus features 90 pages of fashion illustrations covering her 30 year career. According to Madison, “One morning during the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020, I woke with these words in my head: “write the book.” I promptly rose and finished the first chapter of Girl Can Draw during my second cup of coffee.” She picks up the story in an interview with North Sydney Sun. Tell us about the genesis of the new book I thought I should collate my drawings and for posterity to celebrate the art of the sketchbook, more than anything. But then it just went down all these winding paths where I included my mother's illustrations, from the forties, which are awesome. And then a story about her life. And then also there's interspersed with that quite a lot of how I do my technique. And it also speaks to the younger artists who's interested in learning how to actually go back to drawing. And I do a bit of digital, but my first love is pencil. People tend to trace from photos and things like that but, actual sketching is really important for your foundation. So I talk a little bit about that. What kind of tools I use? Where to get inspiration? So it’s got quite a lot of tips in it. I was actually a published artist in my earliest twenties. And then I came to Australia from Canada in 1986 and I just stopped trying. So, interesting, very much like my mother, she got married and she put away her pens, as you did in the fifties. And so, there was no excuse for me, I didn't have kids. I had got married, but I just didn't know how to be an artist. And that was the honest truth. I didn’t know how to get published in Australia, had no contacts. So it was only until like 2010 that I was kind of going through a bad breakup. And I went to an art retreat, where they did sort of art therapy. And all of a sudden I sculpted some Buddha heads and I was on fire. I was just born again. So in the last 10 years, that’s where I've just had this explosion of this creativity. And then I had so many sketchbooks and so many watercolour paintings to choose from.

everything. I like flowers, so I just try everything. So, the book was a really great exercise in writing about what my beliefs are as an artist. And I believe that you make your own destiny, that you make what you want, you go out and... And my friends always going, you always just go out and sprinkle your fairy dust. And I say, well, I see where it lands, basically. I couldn’t stand to be like, I thought if I was only an abstract artist, I think I would just be so unhappy because there's such a limited market. I think abstract has its place. And I absolutely adore some of it, but it’s just not me. I've looked at it and I thought, I can’t even begin to think how to do that with any meaning. So I'm always playing with different materials and trying to see how I can capture a figure in an interesting pose. So I'm never bored, that's for sure.

Marta Madison Then I thought "I will distill those down into the book." What is interesting about the book is that it aims to inspire others to draw. You have your downtimes, you get up and you pick yourself up and everybody's artistic career goes on a different trajectory, and I have got definite ideas about what it is to be an artist. And most people think, Oh nobody's buying my art. And I say, Well, why should they? why should people buy your art? Do it because you love the art. Stop whinging that we have to support you. Either be creative and find the ways, but make sure that if you’re doing it, you don't just stop. I mean, Leonardo did it till he was 80. And also the younger group of millennials or whatever, they’re right in there, in your face, marketing. They’ve got it. Whereas the older generation, say Oh no, I better not tell anybody about my art, because they don't feel authentic. And your traditional Archibald artists, they work away in their studios and they get the commissions, but they don’t go out of their way to write

stories about themselves. So how do you market yourself? So I have got a little variety of ways of marketing myself, and at the moment I’m actually doing Federation house portraits. I really feel it’s important historic documentation. And I think people own these beautiful houses around Crows Nest and North Sydney and Mosman, and they don’t realise how beautiful their house looks like in watercolour. For me, it’s been an exciting in lockdown, about refining that watercolour skill. And I just love these houses, I just love them. The next one I;’m doing is the Rose May cottage, which is that sandstone one in Cammeray. It’s awesome. So, I’m going to pursue that little avenue because there’s a wealth of houses. And it’s for me, as I said, it’s a historical record, and I would hope to put that in a book as well in the future. So the fashion is always there for me, but hey, why limit yourself? I see you draw jewellery as well. Oh, I love jewellery. That's another thing. I figured if I drew out the diamonds, they would come to me. I try

That’s good to hear. Now, you launched the book in July? Luckily it was just before heavy lockdown. All up Chandos Street there is this real hub of art. So I just came in years ago at this really amazing time. And I got myself a little room and creative studios and I just was doing felting and scarves. And then at the same time, I was just discovering more of my figurative work. And then I started to do bridal portraits. We’d have these open nights where the whole street would have a street party during art month. It was terrific. And it was lots of people. At kind of times, there was a thousand people wandering through all the studios. And it;s very vibrant. It's just a bit sad with COVID that most of the studios are closed. There’s no art. I just got in, just in time we had the opening, it was fantastic. It was a beautiful sunny Sunday. And it was just really great. How would you prefer people source your book? Buy it off your website? I think you should push them to Constant Reader because it's local. I mean they can buy it online, but I sell it for $50 online at and that includes postage. Whereas they can go into the shop and get it for $39.99. The print version is really beautiful, it's tactile, it feels lovely. It’s a really nice book to have. More at: Drawntofashion.com.au

The power of print Print takes you to readers you will never find online. Readers engage with it in a way not possible online. And because print is increasingly scarce, it lacks clutter.

McMahons Point author creates a world of rivalry and romance McMahons Point author Amber Jakeman says the time couldn’t be better for her series of escapist romantic novels—the House of Jewels—given the pervasive atmosphere of pandemic negativism about. Jakeman describes the series premise as thus: “Handsome James Huntley the Third faces a challenge or two at his Australian jewellery business. Sparkles fly when newbie jeweller Stella Rhys sets up her home-made jewellery stall outside his shop. She steals the limelight at his expensive PR stunt, and then she steals his heart.” Grahame Lynch spoke with Jakeman. How did originally you become a romance writer? That's funny! I knew I loved to create what I call "feel-good fiction", but didn't actually recognise my genre until Pamela Freeman at the Australian Writers' Centre in Milsons Point named it for me as romance! There is enormous variety in this popular genre. Personally, I’m most interested in characters’ feelings, so my international heartwarmers are on the sweeter side. Humans have told stories to each other since the beginning of time. I have always been drawn to tales with uplifting endings. They provide wonderful escapism. You've created a world of romance and rivalry between two Sydney jewellers. What inspired you to create this world and how close to true life is it? I’ve always loved sparkles and enjoyed making jewellery as a teenager. I'm drawn to the jewellery stalls at our local markets, and the idea of the contrast between a stall and a well-established business was compelling. Enemies to lovers is a common trope, and I heightened the tension between the characters to raise the stakes.

able sparkles at a market stall. Meanwhile, handsome James Huntley the Third is running the well-established and high-end Huntleys House of Jewels. The jewellers clash at the start of the novel, when Stella inadvertently steals the limelight during James’s expensive public relations stunt. While Stella and her fresh ideas are exactly what James and Huntleys House of Jewels needs, it takes their families, the local council, an accident, a storm, a picnic and action on three continents to bring about a resolution. How does living on the Harbour inspire your vision? It is an absolute privilege to live so close to Sydney Harbour, with the glimpses of our famous city, bridge and opera house and the water in all its moods. The late and beloved Clive James famously wrote that ‘the yachts will be racing on the crushed diamond water under a sky the texture of powdered sapphires’ and he was not exaggerating. I am a keen member of Twitter’s #5amWritersClub. All is quiet as the sun rises, and the ideas flow easily without distraction. A daily walk is part of my routine. I love to post pictures of North Sydney's parks and gardens and harbour views on my Instagram account @JakemanAmber. I have readers from Argentina, Austria, Barbados, Belgium and Brazil to the Philippines, Portugal, the UK, US and Zimbabwe and everywhere in between and they love North Sydney.

You’ve published this series in quick succession, was it pre written or are you writing this fast real time? I started writing House of Diamonds set in Sydney's eastern suburbs, the Southern Highlands, France and the US late in 2018, drafted House of Hearts set mostly in the US in 2019, and wrote Tell us more about the story line? most of House of Spades set in the ByTalented Stella, who had a tough child- ron Bay hinterland in 2020, polishing hood, is just starting out in her own and publishing all three this year. Lockventure, selling her home-made, afford- downs have definitely accelerated my

Amber Jakeman output, but I also think I’m speeding up as the international world of the Huntleys has crystallised in my mind, along with the predicaments of the extended Huntley family.

Are there more entries in this series to come? I am currently finalising House of Clubs set mostly in France and am writing the first draft of Full House.

House of Diamonds giveaway Amber Jakeman will send free House of Diamonds ebooks to the first three people who email at AmberJakemanSydney@gmail.com and to post hard copies to the first three who include their postal address in their email.

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of 260 NRL games for which clubs? In 2008, which player made their debut at 16 years of age? 0-10 Crash tackle 11-20 Good try 21-30 Champion!

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1. Smith made his NRL debut in 2002 at which club? A. Melbourne Storm B. Sydney Roosters C. Brisbane Broncos D. St. George Illawarra Dragons

2. How many premierships did he win over his 19-year career? A. None B. One C. Three D. Four

3. What years did he win the Golden Boot Award? A. 2004, 2014 B. 2005, 2015 C. 2006, 2016 D. 2007, 2017

4. Which position did he normally play in? A. Winger B. Hooker C. Prop D. Fullback

5. Approximately how many games has Smith played? A. 395 B. 405 C. 435 D. 455 ANSWERS: 1A, 2C, 3D, 4B, 5C

A C

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EDGEWORD Place each of the tiles of letters into the blank jigsaw to create four six-letter words going across and down.

ANSWER: TACKLE, TAMEST, LENSES, STOKES

Can you ﬁnd all of the words listed below? The leftover letters will spell out a secret message.

Secret message: Full-contact sport

9-LETTER WORD

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