YOUR GREENS REPRESENTATIVES ON NORTHERN BEACHES COUNCIL
Councillor Kristyn Glanville
December 2021 - Present
Councillor Kristyn Glanville is a sitting Councillor for Curl Curl Ward, and sits as Chair of the Council's Environment Strategic Reference Group and Chair of the Advisory Committee for Manly Warringah War Memorial State Park (Manly Dam). She works as a planning and environment lawyer, with experience advising on development approvals, waste, biodiversity, and heritage. She lives in Freshwater with her family, and has lived on the Northern Beaches since primary school.
Her recent successful motions include:
- 🏳️🌈Motion to recognise SLSC Rainbow Beaches events (April 2022); motion to hold Pride themed events during Sydney WorldPride 2023 (August 2022)
- 👷♂️ Motion establishing Council trade apprenticeships (July 2022)
- 🌲Amending staff motion on Investment Policy to include consideration of climate change and proposing community consultation on environmentally harmful investments, leading to a strengthened policy away from fossil fuels (April 2022; July 2022)
- 🦅 Motion to phase out SGARs to protect birdlife and review use of chemicals (Nov 2022)
- 🏠Motion to improve compliance and enforcement of local building and development rules (Mar 2023)
- 💓Amended motion to successfully roll back proposed budget cuts to social welfare services including homelessness and domestic violence, and instead secured three years of full ongoing funding.
- 🏠Motion to investigate further actions to address local housing affordability (June 2023) and further progress on feasibility of a broad-base affordable housing contribution, and building affordable housing on Council owned land.
- 🏩 Phase out gambling advertising on Council land (March 2024)
- 🐶Motion to investigate further measures about responsible dog ownership (April 2024)
- 🏄Motion to update Freshwater Surfing Walk of Fame and recognise local female surfers (August 2024)
Councillor Bonnie Harvey
December 2021 - Present
Hi there! If you live in Manly you may recognise me. I'm always around: out in the surf, studying in the library or driving around in my beaten-up hippie van. I never miss a Manly Market and I try to get down to pre-sunrise Booty Camp on Manly Beach when I can. My name is Bonnie Harvey. I am a 22-year-old artist and activist in my third year as Political Scholar at USYD. I've lived on the Northern Beaches for most of my life.
I am focused on environmental innovation and revitalising Manly's economy with more live music and events. This is a fantastic time for community action. We can make a big difference by tackling tricky issues (such as climate change) in our backyard first. The Manly Ward could lead sustainability by dropping outdated policies such as shark nets, and investing in our beautiful ecosystems. Let's protect our Fairy Penguins! Cheers to a more social and more green Manly!
A bit more about me: I have run my own local business (Tutoring By Bonnie) since I graduated, I practise mixed martial arts in Brookvale and I’m a lead singer in a radical funk band. But my real passion is creating a culture of positive, forward-thinking and cooperative politics in Australia. I pursue this by creating authentic online content that encourages people to engage with social issues. I am also recording a podcast series where I talk to key voices from across the political spectrum about solving complex problems. I love researching, and in the past I have been commissioned by my Uni to produce work on policy issues - such as the Voice to Parliament Referendum.
Councillor Ethan Hrnjak
October 2024 - Present
Hi, I’m Ethan Hrnjak, your Greens Councillor for Frenchs Forest Ward. Our bushland reserves are the envy of Sydney and must be protected. I’ve lived on the Northern Beaches all my life and believe our beautiful area deserves the strongest protections available. As we move deeper into the climate crisis, the importance of our natural environment cannot be understated.
I’m currently undertaking my third year of Environment and Planning law at Macquarie University and serve as the Co-Secretary of The Greens NSW. Like many young people, I also work part-time to support myself through university.
I know that young people deserve a seat at the council table. Whether it be climate change, high rates of anxiety and depression, a critical lack of affordable housing, or the degradation of our local environment, our council plays a pivotal role in addressing these issues. A lack of input from young people on critical decisions about our future is contributing to our climate anxiety, political apathy, and increasing desire to disconnect. We must be able to give our young people hope for the future.
Councillor Miranda Korzy
December 2021 - Present
Councillor Miranda Korzy is a sitting Councillor for Pittwater Ward. She is a journalist, activist and mother who has lived in Pittwater for more than 15 years. As a journalist with the Australian Associated Press, she has covered everything from police to politics. While raising her children on the Northern Beaches, she supported and led a range of community groups, including helping to found the Protect Pittwater Association, which is fighting to recover Pittwater Council, and helped kick off the latest campaign to Save Mona Vale Hospital. She also supports a range of local residents’ and environmental groups, including helping establish Canopy Keepers to preserve our urban trees.
HOW DO GREENS COUNCILLORS MAKE DECISIONS?
We will adhere to Greens Principles
The Greens have the four pillars and policies that we adhere to and will stand up for. The four pillars are ecological sustainability, peace and disarmament, economic justice and grassroots democracy. A Greens Councillor will always act within this framework.
We are accountable to our local community
Other Councillors may change their position half-way through a term on local council. Greens Councillors determine their position in consultation with their local group before acting, and act from a collective position, not an individual one.
The Greens commitment to participatory democracy means Greens Councillors view our role as enabling the community to participate in decision making, rather than paternalistically making decisions for the community.
We're part of a broader network of Councillors
All Greens Councillors are offered training by the Greens NSW from experienced Councillors and other professionals. Our training teaches councillors how to obtain independent advice, how to maintain high standards of decision making, avoid conflicts of interest, and how to seek further information. We have shared resources on complex issues of planning and local government meeting procedure.
PAST GREENS COUNCILLORS ON NORTHERN BEACHES COUNCIL
Natalie Warren (2017 - 2021)
Retired Councillor Warren is a nature loving actuary with a passion for our ocean, our beaches and our bushland. Her term on Council included successful motions on the following:
- Bio banking / biodiversity offsets (Dec 2020)
- Rural boundary clearing codes (Dec 2020)
- Remote attendance at council meetings (Oct 2020)
- Cooler Roads Initiative (plastic roads) (Oct 2019)
- Formal Opposition to Seismic Oil and Gas Testing and Exploration offshore of the Northern Beaches (2 occasions) (Oct 2020)
- Declaration of Climate Emergency (August 2019)
- Feasibility study into establishing a Network of Recycling Centres (Feb 2020)
- Measures to reduce use of Plastic Straws (March 2018)
- NSW Marine Estate Reforms (September 2018)
- Formal Opposition to the Adani Carmichael Coal Mine (Dec 2018)
- Call for State Government to cap number of Poker Machine Licences on the Northern Beaches, and investigate strategies to minimise harm to the community from gambling addiction (Nov 2017)
- Return and Earn Container Deposit Scheme (Dec 2017)
- Campaign for baby change tables in Council public restrooms
The details of these motions can be accessed on Council's website: https://www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/council/meetings
PRIOR TO AMALGAMATION
Former Manly Council
Brad Gillieatt (1995-1999)
Judy Lambert (1999-2008)
Cathy Griffin (2008-2016)
Former Warringah Council
Christina Kirsch (2008-2012)
Conny Harris (2008-2012; Deputy Mayor 2008-2009)
