Ward: East
Party: Greens
Year first elected to Council: 1995

Address
C/- Randwick City Council
30 Frances Street
RANDWICK NSW 2031

Mobile: 0409 984 587
Fax: 02 9398 4463
Email: matson@ihug.com.au

Key goals and objectives as a Councillor

• Achieving the ascendancy of ESD principles in Council planning decisions
• Preventing erosion of funding for Council's community service programs
• Rewriting Council's planning controls to elevate the right of residents over those of developers
• Closing down all unauthorised backpacker establishments in Randwick
• Working to reduce the opening hours of hotels and licensed clubs where they impact on resident amenity
• Empowering and improving community participation in Council decision making via the Precinct Committee system
• Assisting the reintroduction of Light Rail to the eastern suburbs
• Using Council to call for reform of the Land & Environment Court
• Opposing the expansion of Kingsford Smith Airport

Council Committees and Board Positions

Deputy Chairperson of Community Services Committee
Member of Planning Committee
Member of Works Committee
Member of Administration & Finance Committee
Chairperson of Environment Committee
Member of Economic Development Committee
Member of Civic Affairs Committee
Member of Australia Day Committee
Member of Road Safety Steering Committee
Alternative Delegate to Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils
Delegate to Eastern Region Local Govt Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Forum
Member of Mayor's Water Reference Group
Delegate to Joint Regional Planning Panel

Qualifications and recent work history

A self acquired knowledge of environmental law from involvement in environmental activities across Australia starting with the Franklin Dam Blockade in Tasmania

Family details

Partner and one daughter