Councillors
Leading our City
The City of Sydney is represented by a Lord Mayor and 9 Councillors who are elected for a 4 year term. The Deputy Lord Mayor is elected by the Councillors each year.
All Councillors represent the entire local area as the city is not divided into wards.
You can read all about our current Councillors in this section.
Our Councillors
- Lord Mayor Clover Moore
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Lord Mayor Clover Moore
- Phone
- 02 9265 9229
- cmoore@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Clover Moore is currently serving her third term as the Lord Mayor of Sydney after being elected in 2004, 2008 and 2012. Clover is the first popularly elected woman to lead the City of Sydney.
Currently, Clover chairs the Central Sydney Planning Committee and Sydney Festival. She also represents Sydney at the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, a network of cities established to address global warming.
Sustainable Sydney 2030 is an initiative developed under Clover's leadership to improve the City's environmental, economic, social and cultural sustainability. The 2030 plan particularly focuses on reducing emissions, using alternative energy and diversifying transport for the city. The City also strives under this directive to deliver award-winning facilities, promote design excellence and sustainability, and initiate progressive solutions to complex city social problems.
Clover served as a member of NSW Parliament from March 1988 until September 2012. Initially she served as the member for Bligh and more recently as the member for Sydney. Between 1992 and 1995, she held the balance of power in parliament with fellow independents John Hatton and Peter McDonald. This led to the development of a reform charter that included 4 year fixed terms for MPs, stronger freedom of information provisions, whistleblower legislation, an independent Legal Services Commissioner and the Royal Commission that forced major reform of the NSW Police Service.
The City of Sydney is a diverse region and as an elected representative, Clover advocates equality and progress. Protecting the natural and urban environment are also major priorities, as well as promoting animal welfare.
Clover is an arts graduate of Sydney University. She has 2 children, Sophie and Tom. She lives in inner-city Redfern with husband Peter and staffy 'Banjo' and staffy-kelpie cross 'Bessie'.
- Deputy Lord Mayor Robyn Kemmis
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Deputy Lord Mayor Robyn Kemmis
- Phone
- 02 9288 5915
- rkemmis@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Councillor Robyn Kemmis is an experienced administrator who was previously the deputy vice-chancellor (administration) at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS).
Prior to joining UTS, Robyn held a number of senior management positions within the NSW public service. She has studied and worked at the University of New England and the University of Essex as a researcher and tutor. Robyn has also worked in publishing and tourism in London.
Robyn has a long-standing interest in equal opportunity and has pursued that interest both personally and in her professional life:
- as advisor to the then NSW Public Service Board on matters affecting women in the public sector
- as chair of the management committee for the women’s executive development program within the Australian Technology Network of Universities
- through ongoing involvement in women’s action coalitions.
In 2002 Robyn was awarded an honorary doctorate by UTS recognising her outstanding contribution towards achieving the university's mission.
In 2003 she was awarded a Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in business leadership.
Robyn is committed to engaging community members in local government matters and decisions that affect their lives. She has a particular interest in Council’s work to support the local economy, assist business in the City and village high streets, as well as programs that support young people and kids.
Robyn is committed to enhancing the City's long-term sustainability, environmentally, physically and financially.
- Councillor Robert Kok
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Councillor Robert Kok
- Phone
- 02 9265 9427
- rkok@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Councillor Robert Kok is a practising lawyer. He is currently deputy chair of the Major Developments Sub-Committee and a member of the Central Sydney Planning Committee.
Robert is a WWF-Australia Governor and currently chairs the City's Chinese New Year Festival advisory group. He was formerly the deputy chair of the City's Corporate, Finance, Properties and Tenders Committee and he served as the City's Deputy Lord Mayor from 2011 to 2012.
- Councillor John Mant
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Councillor John Mant
- Phone
- 02 9288 5911
- jmant@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Councillor John Mant (B.A. LL.B., Dip. T&CP Syd.) has worked in senior positions in federal and state governments. He has consulted to the World Bank, undertaken other international consultancies and projects, and been a partner in a major Sydney law firm.
One of Australia's leading experts on planning systems and local government management, John's expertise spans the fields of:
- planning law
- housing policy
- development control
- urban design
- organisation design and development
- urban management
- facilitating major projects.
He has formulated development management systems that are easier to administer while at the same time delivering better environmental results and increasing transparency.
In urban management, John has shown how the structure of organisations affects the outcomes they produce and he has restructured many organisations accordingly. He simplified local government management legislation in NSW by removing barriers to flexible governance, which has influenced the reform of local government in most other Australian states.
John was recently president of the Paddington Society and is deputy chair of Common Equity NSW, the not-for-profit holding company for NSW cooperative housing organisations. He is also co-editor of the Local Government Law Journal.
- Councillor Jenny Green
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Councillor Jenny Green
- Phone
- 02 9288 5913
- jennygreen@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Councillor Jenny Green (B.A. Modern Asian Studies, Grad. Dip. TESOL, Masters of Adult Education) has operated a successful consultancy in learning and development for more than 25 years. She has extensive experience consulting with both public and private sector organisations in Australia, Asia and the Middle East.
In addition to her training consultancy business, Jenny established and operated a wholesale/import business from 1998 to 2003. This small business involved the design, manufacture and sale of homeware products from India, China and Thailand to retailers in Australia and Asia.
Jenny is currently working as the academic director of the National Judicial College of Australia, and she also lectures in the Faculty of Arts and Social Science at the University of Technology, Sydney.
As a long time supporter of a number of aid organisations, Jenny is a volunteer director on the board of Trade Winds, a not-for-profit fair trade organisation that imports tea and coffee from Sri Lanka and East Timor. Jenny also supports her local community in Kings Cross by volunteering at the Wayside Chapel.
Elected to the City of Sydney Council in September 2012, Jenny holds a number of positions on various committees. She is the deputy chair of the Culture and Community Services Committee, co-chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Advisory Committee, and a member of the Eora Journey Public Art Working Group. - Councillor Irene Doutney
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Councillor Irene Doutney
- Phone
- 02 9265 9812
- idoutney@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Councillor Irene Doutney has served on Council since 2008. Her background is in history, theatre and the arts. She also worked in NSW Parliament with members Sylvia Hale and David Shoebridge.
As a member of the community group REDWatch, Irene is dedicated to serving the residential needs of the Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington and Waterloo areas. She has served as part of the Factory Community Centre management committee and has also played a leading role in the Lift Redfern campaign, which seeks to make Redfern train station accessible to all.
Over the past 4 years, Irene has focused on helping disadvantaged members of society and protecting the natural environment. She is committed to helping people within the City who are being left behind by urban growth and development, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, public-housing tenants, seniors and people with disabilities. She is also a public housing tenant, living in Redfern.
Irene considers some of her biggest achievements on Council to be securing a wide range of essential maintenance improvements in public-housing estates throughout the City and helping to preserve urban biodiversity.
In her second term on Council she is looking forward to working with other Councillors to make the City more inclusive.
- Councillor Edward Mandla
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Councillor Edward Mandla
- Phone
- 02 9288 5919
- emandla@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Councillor Edward Mandla’s career spans 3 decades in business intertwined with making voluntary contributions to the broader community.
Edward has held leadership roles in Australian and multinational organisations including the Australian Computer Society, Alt-U Asia Pacific Search, Computer Associates, Resumix (now Yahoo), Protech Microsystems and AST Computers (now Samsung).
Edward has sat on a number of federal government ministerial task forces and mentored young entrepreneurs under the Step Up Program. He has advised on technology policy and is a former president of the Australian Computer Society where he was made an Honorary Life Member in 2007. Edward is vice president of the Consensus Australia Technology Association and also a judge at the annual Consensus Software Awards.
Edward has written columns for The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and a number of magazines. He has also made numerous radio and television appearances.
Academically, Edward has a distinguished record. He received a first class honours degree in commerce from the University of New South Wales majoring in information systems. He won the 'Datec Prize' for best honours thesis about information systems techniques used for commercial applications. He was also awarded the first University Medal for outstanding academic achievement in information systems.
As a keen sportsman, Edward is the 2012 Australia Masters category Olympic weightlifting champion as well as a current NSW Masters record holder.
Elected as a Councillor in 2012, Edward is passionate about providing civic leadership, creative thought and an interface between the residents of Sydney and Council. He brings a problem solving common sense approach to public office.
- Councillor Christine Forster
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Councillor Christine Forster
- Phone
- 02 9288 5921
- cforster@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Councillor Christine Forster is a Surry Hills resident with a background in communications and journalism.
Christine has worked as a journalist for more than 2 decades for Platts, the world’s leading information provider for the energy and metals industries, and she is the company’s most senior writer covering the Australian energy sector. Her role provides information and insights to help customers make sound trading and business decisions, which has contributed to markets performing with greater transparency and efficiency.
Christine is involved in the local community and has participated in a range of volunteer and charity work since the early 1990s> She spent more than a decade in elected leadership roles managing a community-based child care facility, and on a number of school-related parent committees.
Elected as a Councillor in 2012, Christine is committed to the principles of common sense government, genuine sustainability, free enterprise and respect for the individual. She is passionate about representing all of her constituents and ensuring they have a voice in a Council that works to deliver for the community.
Christine has 4 children and lives with her long-term partner Virginia.
- Councillor Angela Vithoulkas
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Councillor Angela Vithoulkas
- Phone
- 02 9288 5909
- avithoulkas@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Councillor Angela Vithoulkas has built a successful career as a small business owner, entrepreneur and keynote speaker. Her 'hands on' business experience has been achieved through purchasing, developing and selling several successful cafes in Sydney's city centre over the past 20 years, as well as her ongoing management of the flagship VIVO Café. Running an inner-city business that focuses on customer service has provided Angela with a unique understanding of the issues that are relevant to residents, workers and visitors to the City of Sydney.
Angela's success has been formally acknowledged with a number of business awards including:
- City of Sydney Business of the Year
- NSW Entrepreneur of the Year
- 2007 Telstra Women's Business Owner of the Year.
Prior to being elected to Council in September 2012, Angela was a member of the City's Retail Advisory Panel. She is also a panel member for the Australian Taxation Office's Small Business Partnership.
Angela has embraced innovation and technology by providing an avenue for dialogue and interaction with the establishment of the online radio station, Eagle Waves Radio. She has also been involved in developing and launching the app 'cofounda', which is a geo-locator that connects business and people for start-ups.
Angela views her election as a pertinent opportunity to draw on her professional and personal experience when carrying out her duties on Council. As well as her role on the City's standing committees, Angela is a member of the Green Living Centre Reference Committee, Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils and the Floodplain Risk Management Committee.
Her desire is to ensure that Sydney is now and always will be an innovative, engaging and accommodating place for everyone to live, work, visit and enjoy.
Angela is very proud to be the first Australian-Greek to be elected to the City, for which she has been recognised by the European Council. Born, raised and educated in Sydney, Angela is fluent in English and Greek.
- Councillor Linda Scott
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Councillor Linda Scott
- Phone
- 02 9288 5917
- lscott@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
Councillor Linda Scott (B.Sc. Psych.) was selected as Labor's candidate for the City of Sydney Council election in a historic ballot of over 4,000 inner-city residents as part of NSW Labor's first community preselection process.
Linda has always been actively involved in her local community. She has been the chair of the Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre and a member of a range of inner-city community organisations. She is an elected member of the NSW ALP Policy Forum and is a past co-convenor of Labor for Refugees. Linda is also the deputy chair of Council's Community Committee.
First elected to the City of Sydney Council in September 2012, Linda is committed to values of equality and social justice. Linda is passionate about ensuring Council invests in community services and infrastructure to improve the lives of all the City's communities. She is particularly interested in child care, public and affordable housing, the environment, the arts and preserving the City's heritage.
Linda lives with her husband and 2 young children in inner-city Erskineville and works as a researcher. She has previously conducted research on alcohol-related crime, and currently investigates the world of work at the University of Sydney's Workplace Research Centre.
Last updated: Wednesday, 24 April 2013