Sylvie Ellsmore is the Greens mayoral candidate for the City of Sydney in the upcoming NSW local elections. She’s running a campaign to make Sydney a city for everyone, not just the rich, with a particular focus on housing and grassroots democracy.

This was a fantastic conversation about the state of local Sydney politics, the legacy of independent mayor Clover Moore and the Greens’ vision for how the local city council can play a much more activist role in fixing the truly cooked Sydney housing market. (The waiting list for social housing in the City of Sydney is about 18 FUCKING YEARS.)

I think you’ll find Sylvie’s passion and ideas inspiring and cool. Go team.

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I’m recording a stand up special at Chapel Off Chapel in early December

I’m doing Easey Comedy in Collingwood on Thursday November 11th with Dave Hughes

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If you live in NSW make sure you’re enrolled to vote in the local elections by the end of TODAY (October 25th)

ARTICLE: Greens want the City of Sydney to lead on affordable housing

Check out the federal Greens’ policy to build 1 million homes 

Cause of the Week: Welcome Merchant (on linktree); book for the Greens for the City of Sydney Dinner Party here

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Christiaan Van Vuuren is a comedian and YouTube star who you know from Bondi Hipsters, Bloom and At Home Alone Together. He’s the presenter of a great new documentary about money in Australian politics called Big Deal, which was directed by the Chaser’s Craig Reucassel.

This issue drives me (and I’m sure you) crazy, and it was great to get stuck into a similarly-outraged Christiaan. We touch on just how much money is washing around our politics, how much anti-democratic influence that money has, why “transparency” simply isn’t enough and why Christiaan is optimistic about the possibilities of change and fixing this shit.

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I’m doing Easey Comedy in Collingwood on Thursday November 11th with Dave Hughes

I’m recording a stand up special at Chapel Off Chapel in early December

I’m hosting a discussion with Craig Reucassel and a great panel as a fundraiser for the Greens at 6:30pm tonight; book now! 

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Cause of the Week: MakeItABigDeal.org

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Dr. Helen Haines is a former nurse and midwife who now serves as the independent member for the Victorian seat of Indi.

Since she entered the parliament Helen has been fighting for the establishment of a federal anti-corruption / pro-integrity body that will actually do what we want it to do: justly hold our public servants to account and root out the shitty corrupt behaviour that is rife in our politics.

In the wake of Gladys Berejiklian’s resignation as NSW Premier after ICAC announced it was investigating her (because that it’s job), Helen and I discuss what an effective federal body would look like, the Morrison government’s scaremongering about accountability, the chances of Helen’s bill getting passed and the corrosive influence of political donations.

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WE ARE ALL IN THIS is scheduled for the Brisbane Comedy Festival in November

I’m recording a stand up special at Chapel Off Chapel in early December

THIS THURSDAY NIGHT come along to the Greens’ National Campaign Kick-Off

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Helen’s press release on the Federal Government’s response to Gladys Berejiklian’s resignation

ARTICLE: Why Scott Morrison and his government oppose a NSW-style anti-corruption watchdog 

ARTICLE: The long history of political corruption in NSW – and the downfall of MPs, ministers and premiers  

Cause of the Week: UNICEF’s CoVax Appeal (unicef.org.au/covax-appeal)

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