SYDNEY LIBERALS


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Meet Shauna and Lyndon,

Your Liberal City of Sydney Councillors


Councillors Shauna Jarrett and Lyndon Gannon were elected to the City of Sydney Council at the 2021 Election to refresh, revitalise and renew Sydney.


After 18 years of stagnation, the Sydney Liberals are working hard for you to ensure that Sydney is the best place in the world to live, work and stay.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Your Councillors


Your Sydney Liberals bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to the City of Sydney.

Shauna Jarrett


City of Sydney Councillor

Shauna Jarrett is a senior executive on a variety of organisations and runs her own private practice in the heart of Sydney CBD.

Lyndon Gannon


City of Sydney Councillor

Lyndon Gannon is a local entrepreneur who has volunteered for a range of community organisations.

NEWS

By Sydney Liberals 21 Nov, 2023
Speech by Cr Shauna Jarrett on the 20 November 2023 City of Sydney Council meeting about her Notice of Motion for trialling e-scooters.
By Sydney Liberals 24 Oct, 2023
The Sydney Liberals have saved Christmas from the grinches that is the NSW Labor Government, passing a notice of motion on Monday’s Council meeting to investigate the City of Sydney resurrecting the scrapped ‘Noel Sydney’ event in December. Liberal Councillor Shauna Jarrett moved her notice of motion following the NSW Government’s decision to scrap the Noel Sydney Christmas Festival hosted by Destination NSW in the 2023 NSW Budget handed down by Labor. Despite being in its first year, Labor decided Christmas was cancelled, scrapping the event that attracted more than 100,000 visitors to Sydney. Council unanimously passed the motion, calling on the Chief Executive Officer to investigate whether discretionary funding and resources are available to fund the Noel Sydney Christmas Festival for 2023 and report back to Council as to the costings and logistics of running a Noel Sydney event through the City of Sydney. “The grinches that are the NSW Labor Government may have tried to steal Christmas, but the Sydney Liberals and the City of Sydney is here to save the festival of joy and happiness that is Noel Sydney,” Cr Jarrett said. “Labor scrapping Noel Sydney after its first year of conception demonstrate they have no vision for how to revitalise Sydney into a prime destination to live, work and stay.” Cr Jarrett said. “I thank my Councillor colleagues from across the political divide including Labor, Greens and Clover Moore Independents for supporting my notice of motion.” Cr Jarrett said.
By Sydney Liberals 10 Sep, 2023
The City of Sydney is finally getting real with housing affordability after months of complaints for a sensible housing approach by the Sydney Liberals. The new opportunities for City owned land highlights a shift advocated by the Sydney Liberals for advertising and selling properties. Over the past few months Cr Shauna Jarrett has been advocating for the City to investigate and sell surplus properties owned by the City of Sydney to bolster the Council’s failing affordable housing targets that have been lagging by nearly 50%. In the event there are no suitable expression of interests for a property, any remaining properties should be sold to the general property market at market rate, with proceeds directed to Affordable Housing initiatives by the Council. Low and behold, the City of Sydney has adopted the policy position advocated by Cr Jarrett, identifying four surplus properties that has potential to yield 15 affordable bedrooms and 12 additional bedrooms via future affordable housing grant projects sourced through the City’s Affordable and Diverse Housing Fund. Cr Jarrett has raised questioned how the matter has finally been put on the council timetable despite advocating for these changes for months in advance: “It is a welcomed move to see the City of Sydney get real about affordable housing and its property portfolio despite months of advocating for the changes,” Cr Jarrett said. “However, after months of discussion, the City has been silent on the matter until recently. Whilst I commend the City for finally actively contributing to meeting its affordability housing targets, it is seriously behind the eight ball.” “As of 30 June 2022, only 1,427 affordable housing dwellings have been delivered, despite the City of Sydney’s target requiring an additional 2,714 affordable houses needing to be built from 2016-2021. For the City to fail its housing targets by nearly 50% is sad indictment and demonstrates how we need to get real and think differently about affordable housing. It’s clear the red tape mentality doesn’t work and that it’s time to try something new.” The Housing for All Committee Item can be found here .
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If you would like to get in contact, please feel free to email either of the Councillors.

Shauna Jarrett: SMJarrett@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Lyndon Gannon: LGannon@cityofsyney.nsw.gov.au


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