2010 Juanita Nielsen Memorial Lecture

The Greens currently have five federal senators, 21 state parliamentarians, and over 100 local councillors, including 73 in NSW alone. In the 2010 Juanita Nielsen Memorial Lecture, NSW Greens MP Sylvia Hale will discuss whether the Greens are a mainstream party or just a minor irritant.

THE GREENS MAINSTREAM PARTY

OR MINOR IRRITANT?

Sylvia Hale was elected to NSW parliament in 2003. She has fought tirelessly against corrupt developers, championing the same fights against overdevelopment that Juanita Nielsen led in the 70‘s. Sylvia has worked with prison officers and prisoners in the fight against privatisation of NSW jails. Sylvia has played a key role in establishing independent publishing in Australia.

 

Juanita Nielsen, an active campaigner against high-rise development in Kings Cross, disappeared in 1975 at the height of a campaign that brought scrutiny unwanted by the developers. Her murderers have never been brought to justice; the case has now been re-opened by NSW Police. It is widely believed she was murdered for her active political stand.

 

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