Your Greens Representatives on Northern Beaches Council
Councillor Kristyn Glanville (Dec 2021 - Present)
Councillor Kristyn Glanville is a sitting Councillor for Curl Curl Ward. She a planning and environment lawyer and long time Northern Beaches resident, with experience advising on development approvals, waste, biodiversity, heritage, renewable energy, and other major projects. She is currently a PhD candidate in environmental regulation at the University of New South Wales, and a non-executive director of a community solar energy investor. She lives in Freshwater with her family.
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)
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Councillor Miranda Korzy (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.
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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
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
Highlights of acheivements by Cr Warren
Action on Climate Change
Reducing and avoiding waste
Action on Climate Change
In August 2019, Greens Councillor Warren successfully raised a motion for Northern Beaches Council to declare a climate emergency.
Manly Greens prepared a submission the proposed Federal Climate Change Bill online.
Opposing PEP11
Reducing and avoiding waste
Action on Climate Change
No polluting fossil fuels off the coast of Manly.
In Oct 2020, Greens Councillor Warren successfully raised a motion for Northern Beaches Council to formally oppose this project.
Manly Greens are pleased to see this licence has finally been cancelled, but continue to call for the end of offshore gas to end this issue, once and for all.
Reducing and avoiding waste
Reducing and avoiding waste
Reducing and avoiding waste
In Dec 2017, Greens Councillor Warren successfully raised a motion to facilitate local Return and Earn container schemes, and in February 2020 successfully raised a motion for Council to investigate the feasibility of a Network of Recycling Centres.
Manly Greens prepared a detailed submission on Council's draft Environment and Climate Change Strategy. Our contribution is annexed in the Community Consultation report at pg 326.