With the NSW Local Council and Mayoral Elections fast approaching next month, a reminder ARAG, Friends of Erskineville, and REDwatch are jointly hosting a City of Sydney – Lord Mayoral Candidates Forum on Wednesday, 21 August at the Alexandria Town Hall at 7pm.

Earlier, a survey was conducted among the residents and the local community to vote on the top three issues they would like the candidates to speak about. The survey closed last night, and we can now confirm the top three topics.

• Transport – finding a balance between pedestrians, cyclists, vehicle drivers, and public transport users
• Development – ensuring that development incorporates the delivery of community benefit (parks, open spaces, areas for people to come together)
• Housing affordability – the role of the Council in maximising the delivery of affordable housing via the Council’s contribution scheme and the allocation to community housing providers, the affordable and diverse housing fund, the City’s strategic planning and housing targets, the City’s planning consent/refusal vis-a-vis net loss of dwellings.
  

Who Will Be Speaking:

There are eight Candidates confirmed. After their presentations there will be a Q&A session for residents to participate in. The following Candidates speaking will be:

• Clover Moore – Clover Moore Independent Team
• Lyndon Gannon – Liberal Party
• Rachel Evans – Socialist Alliance Party
• Sam Danieli – We Love Sydney Independents
• Sean Masters – Libertarian
• Sylvie Ellsmore – The Greens
• Yvonne Weldon – Yvonne Weldon Independents
• Zann Maxwell – Labour Party

We will be also live-streaming this forum for those who cannot attend in person. The link will be posted closer to the night on this blog & our FB page.

For updated details follow: https://www.facebook.com/AlexandriaResidentsActionGroup

Look forward to welcome everyone to Alexandria Town Hall, 73 Garden Street, Alexandria at 7pm – 21 August 2024.