Linda Scott (councillor)
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Linda Scott | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney | |
| In office 17 September 2018 – 9 September 2019 | |
| Lord Mayor | Clover Moore |
| Preceded by | Jess Miller |
| Succeeded by | Jess Scully |
| Councillor of the City of Sydney | |
| Assumed office 8 September 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labor |
| Website | www |
Linda Scott is a Labor Party Councillor on the City of Sydney Council, first elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016 and 2021. She served as Deputy Lord Mayor between September 2018 and September 2019.
In November 2020 Councillor Scott was elected unopposed as the President of the Australian Local Government Association, having been vice president since November 2018 and a board member since 2017. Linda serves on the National Federation Reform Council with Australia’s Prime Minister, Premiers and Treasurers, and a range of National Cabinet subcommittees.
Scott previously served as the first female President of Local Government NSW from 2017 to 2021. She also serves as the Chair of CareSuper, an industry superannuation fund with more than 200,000 members, having served as a Director since 2018.
Local Government career
[edit]Scott won Labor's first community preselection as Labor's candidate for Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney in the 2012 NSW Local Government Elections.[1]
She has campaigned for the preservation of and increase in inner city green spaces and burying cables underground to enable more kerbside space to plant more trees.[2][3][4] She is a supporter of public amenities.[5][6][7][8] Scott has campaigned for greater housing affordability and for those in public housing.[9][10]
Scott moved to have signage identifying Aboriginal and Torres Strait heritage names installed across the City of Sydney.[11] Scott also opposed the sale of heritage public housing in Millers Point, Dawes Point and The Rocks, and campaigned to preserve industrial heritage.[12][13][14][15]
Scott has argued for significant investment in new early education centres, more before-and-after-school care and public libraries.[16][17][18][19] Scott also supported a campaign to build a giant rainbow flag in recognition of the LGBT community in Sydney's Taylor Square, which saw the permanent monument erected in 2012.[20][21] Scott is a supporter of live music and street art.[22][23]
In December 2017, Scott was elected to succeed Keith Rhoades as President of Local Government NSW, becoming the first female and first Labor president of the organisation since the merger of the Local Government Association and the Local Shires Association in 2013.[24]
On 17 September 2018, Scott was elected to serve a single term as Deputy Lord Mayor.[25]
References
[edit]- ^ "2012 NSW Local Government Elections". nsw.gov.au.
- ^ "WestConnex to reduce size of Sydney Park". altmedia.net.au.
- ^ "Scott stands alone on green space targets | Altmedia". altmedia.net.au. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Thicker NBN aerial cables to face community opposition - Telco/ISP - iTnews". itnews.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Annandale's The Crescent to host first of five City of Sydney skate parks first promised a decade ago". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "City's skating solutions still up in the air". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 July 2014.
- ^ "City farm planned for Sydney Park in St Peters by City of Sydney". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Green Square pool: Sydney architect wins design competition". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 November 2014.
- ^ "Our public housing failure". altmedia.net.au.
- ^ "Streets of Woolloomooloo housing commission 'filthy' as councillor calls for City street cleaners to take over | Daily Telegraph". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "City to consider dual indigenous names for Sydney streets | The Australian". theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ Cr Linda Scott. "Submission No 207 | INQUIRY INTO SOCIAL, PUBLIC AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Put out to Clover: mayor removes Labor past". theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Subscribe to The Australian". theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Sydney Pays Respect to its Rich Industrial Heritage". theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "City of Sydney budgets for a record $1.94 billion infrastructure spend". The Sydney Morning Herald. 13 May 2014.
- ^ "Lord Mayor Clover Moore announces $2b building plan for City of Sydney that includes $28 million on cycleways". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Lord Mayor Clover Moore collects $1m in library fines, puts kids off borrowing books". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "City of Sydney says there's 'no connection' between lagging ebook rollout and its library fine millions". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Plans for giant gay flag in Sydney revealed". starobserver.com.au. 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Pressure grows on council to make Taylor Square's temporary rainbow flagpole permanent | Star Observer". starobserver.com.au. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Sydney Live Music Fight Heads To Council". theMusic.
- ^ "Art or graffiti? Delays to Sydney's street art policy leave the question hanging". smh.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "New era for Local Government" (Media Release). Local Government NSW. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Linda Scott beats Christine Forster for deputy mayor of City of Sydney Council". Central. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
