Fear and loathing on the campaign trail, part 2
In the second instalment of this series, Pauline tackles the distraction tactics and smear attempts she’s coming across as an independent candidate in the Inner West Council election. This time, it's Labor folks mucking around with smear tactics.
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In the first instalment of what we hope will be a very occasional series, Pauline tackles the dodgy tactics and smear attempts she’s coming across as an independent candidate in the Inner West Council election.
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A LEADING local activist wants to shake things up as an Independent councillor in the upcoming Inner West Council.
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Pauline Lockie has spoken out hundreds of times on behalf of our community about issues and opportunities in the Inner West. Here are some highlights of her work.
Print / digital
2021
WestConnex activist to Deputy Mayor: Pauline Lockie hopes her road through Inner West Council continues | City Hub | Oct 2021
Turning off parking meters again to cost Inner West Council up to $640,000 in lost revenue | City Hub | Oct 2021
Inner West: Council to hold NSW Government accountable for contaminated WestConnex Park | City Hub | Sep 2021
High hopes new Inner West Mayoral positions will reset Council culture | City Hub | Sep 2021
Inner West Councillors oust controversial mayor Darcy Byrne | SMH | Sep 2021
'Hollow promises': Years after opening, WestConnex tunnel conditions still not met | SMH | Aug 2021
Inner West mayor's pay suspended over conflict of interest | SMH | Aug 2021
Inner West councillors call for investigation of contamination at the WestConnex St Peters interchange park | Inner West Courier | Aug 2021
One for the books: a victory sweeter than fiction for Newtown bookstore workers | City Hub | Aug 2021
Byrne tells NCAT he did not understand conflict of interest rules | City Hub | July 2021
Inner West Independents say local suffers when party politics thrive | City Hub | July 2021
Darcy Byrne: Watchdog wants Inner West Mayor suspended | Inner West Courier | July 2021
'I got it wrong': Sydney mayor regrets remarks in social media stoush | SMH | July 2021
Inner West next in line for deep excavation risks | City Hub | July 2021
Tempe Reserve: Plans approved to segregate 'big dogs' in park | Inner West Courier | July 2021
St Peters parklands meant to compensate for WestConnex are contaminated, says environmental scientist | City Hub | July 2021
More than just books: Community applauds Marrickville Library's international award nomination | City Hub | July 2021
Contamination fears create deadlock on oversight of WestConnex parks | SMH | July 2021
Inner West Mayor guilty of misconduct, finds Tribunal | City Hub | May 2021
‘Unethical and improper’: Inner West mayor had conflict of interest over call for apology, tribunal finds | SMH | May 2021
Trees “massacred” in Inner West while climate crisis worsens | City Hub | Apr 2021
Signs of the times: #RACISMNOTWELCOME | City Hub | Mar 2021
Mayor Byrne feels the burn | City Hub | Feb 2021
'Abuse of power': Inner West mayor fights possible suspension | SMH | Feb 2021
Anti-racism street signs delivering powerful message throughout Sydney's inner west | ABC | Feb 2021
Inner West Council slash meetings in 2021 | City Hub | Jan 2021
'People are shocked': Sydney homeowners divided over rates plans | SMH | Jan 2021
Rates harmonisation winners and losers | City Hub | Jan 2021
2020
Inner West councillors clash over skate park | CityHub | Dec 2020
Golfers come out swinging over plan to halve inner Sydney golf course | SMH | Sep 2020
WestConnex park's opening delayed after rain erodes hill built from waste | SMH | Aug 2020
Tree removals surge in Sydney's inner west under council clearing policy | SMH | Aug 2020
WestCon's M8 dustup | City Hub | Jul 2020
Australian council bans sale of controversial garment | Ragtrader | Jun 2020
Calls to drop Religious Discrimination Bill after US ruling | Star Observer | Jun 2020
Project to stop WestConnex traffic clogging Newtown stuck in slow lane | SMH | Jun 2020
Inner West Council votes 'no' to Religious Discrimination Bill | Star Observer | Apr 2020
Après sa victoire en appel, le cardinal Pell a retrouvé la liberté | Le Temps | Apr 2020 (French)
'Crumbling around us': Owners in dire straits from WestConnex cracking | Apr 2020
Coronavirus catering: from dine-in to take-away | City Hub | Mar 2020
Sydney councils focused on core jobs: roads, rates and rubbish | SMH | Mar 2020
Darcy Byrne: Inner West mayor in code of conduct complaint | Inner West Courier | Mar 2020
Passas issues reluctant apology | City Hub | Mar 2020
WestConnex privatisation likely | City Hub | Mar 2020
The strange case of the illegible logo | City Hub | Mar 2020
The media is once again failing a female victim of domestic violence | Junkee | Feb 2020
Sleepless nights as WestConnex breaks curfew | City Hub | Feb 2020
Yabun calling as Australia Day becomes history | City Hub | Jan 2020
2019
Cyclists fear for safety as inner west traffic worsens | SMH | Dec 2019
Sydney news: Drug and alcohol testing before Council meetings | ABC News | Dec 2019
Tek's turfed out | AltMedia | Nov 2019
'The right thing to do': Sydney council drops Australia Day celebrations | SMH | Nov 2019
First Sydney council drops Australia Day | Mandurah Mail | Nov 2019
Metro tree felling fallout | AltMedia | Nov 2019
Inner West Council moves Australia Day celebrations | AltMedia | Nov 2019
Glebe Island dust-up | AltMedia | Oct 2019
'Crazy stuff': Residents' fears grow over motorway tunnels under homes | SMH | Oct 2019
WestConn builders: Environmental Offenders | AltMedia | Oct 2019
Inner West Council mayor adjourns meeting as tree policy tensions boil over | SMH | Sep 2019
'Fire sale': Inner west council buildings to be sized up by developers | SMH | Sep 2019
'Just jokes': Councillor's great wall of cheek | Inner West Courier | Aug 2019
'King Street is dying': Newtown retailers shut up shop | SMH | Aug 2019
Back to the drawing board for live music pilot program | Inner West Courier | Jun 2019
Inner West Council to vote on whether to spend $150K on live music grants | Inner West Courier | Jun 2019
Berejiklian Govt stomps on transparency | AltMedia | Jun 2019
Albanese staffer wins defamation apology from Facebook page host | SMH | Jun 2019
Weedkiller on trial | AltMedia | Jun 2019
Infrastructure and transport heavyweight Michael Deegan backs satellite technology for WestConnex | Inner West Courier | Apr 2019
WestConnex class action | AltMedia | Apr 2019
'Clearly in breach': WestConnex public transport conditions not met | SMH | Apr 2019
Inner West Council moves to protect Sydney's heritage pubs | SMH | Apr 2019
Inner West Council meeting cut short after councillors walk out | Inner West Courier | Mar 2019
Residents demand WestConnex contracts be ripped up | Green Left Weekly | Mar 2019
'Closer to homes': Sydney residents shocked as WestConnex tunnel depths shrink | SMH | Feb 2019
NBN blamed for ruining heritage-listed footpaths in inner Sydney | ABC News | Feb 2019
Inner West Council to trial booze ban, toilets for Camperdown Memorial Rest Park | Inner West Courier | Jan 2019
2018
WestConnex construction causing depression and asthma, residents claim | ABC News | Nov 2018
Inner West Council announces Pride Seat dedications and gateway mural | Star Observer | Nov 2018
Familiar, sad tale | SMH Letters | Oct 2018
Proposals to tackle problems at Camperdown Park | Inner West Courier | Oct 2018
Amalgamation report card troubles IWC | City Hub | Oct 2018
Landmark creative hub scaled back to protect existing jobs | Inner West Courier | Sep 2018
Urgent works needed to fix Dawn Fraser Baths | Inner West Courier | Aug 2018
‘Not too late’ to stop WestConnex disaster, forum told | Green Left Weekly | Aug 2018
'World's worst park': WestConnex's new St Peters spaghetti junction | SMH | Aug 2018
Earplugs for residents affected by WestConnex | Nine.com.au | Aug 2018
Police investigate threats after magistrate finds Newtown George Michael mural attacker guilty | Inner West Courier | Jul 2018
Independence comes at a cost | AltMedia | Jul 2018
Inner West Council to take no action over deputy mayor's alleged homophobic abuse | SMH | Jul 2018
Four twenty-two: Privatise it? | Honi Soit | Jul 2018
Inner West Council calls for nominations for Pride Seat dedications | Star Observer | Jun 2018
Pride Seats dedicated to queer champions to be installed around Sydney's inner west | Star Observer | Jun 2018
WestConnex stage 3 rorts begin | AltMedia | May 2018
Final stage of WestConnex approved | Inner West Courier | Apr 2018
Haberfield in a haze over WestConnex | AltMedia | Apr 2018
'Rage Against WestConnex' rally slams tollway threats | Green Left Weekly | Apr 2018
Inner West Council to install Pride Seats in recognition of the region's LGBTIQ community | Inner West Courier | Mar 2018
Council crushes cottages | AltMedia | Mar 2018
Creative conflict | AltMedia | Feb 2018
Inner West Council first Sydney council to debate ditching Australia Day celebrations | SMH | Jan 2018
Council merge splurge diverge | AltMedia | Jan 2018
2017
Small bars or small factories? The tough question facing Sydney's inner west | SMH | Dec 2017
Owner of Olympia Milk Bar in Sydney's inner west inundated with offers to help reopen it | Commercial Real Estate | Dec 2017
Liberal with her mouth | AltMedia | Nov 2017
Sleepless in St Peters | Inner West Courier | Nov 2017
Inner West deputy mayor Julie Passas in homophobic abuse controversy | SMH | Nov 2017
SSM: Lewd Tony Abbott, George Pell mural on Sydney's Botany View Hotel graffitied | ABC | Nov 2017
'Sexual' Tony Abbott and Cardinal George Pell mural painted over | Central Sydney | Nov 2017
Inner West Council rejects Christian Lobby's LGBT grants objections | SMH | Nov 2017
Australian Christian Lobby targets Inner West Council over LGBTIQ programs | Inner West Courier | Nov 2017
Inner West Council demerger urged | AltMedia | Nov 2017
Inner West Council backs City of Sydney’s plans for late night trading on King Street | Inner West Courier | Oct 2017
Investors demand more WestConnex detail as M4-M5 link EIS submissions close | AFR | Oct 2017
Residents urge action, not bluster, on WestConnex | Green Left Weekly | Oct 2017
Mayhem in Marrickville | AltMedia | Oct 2017
Inner west Labor-Liberal pact | AltMedia | Sep 2017
Labor wins inner west mayoralty after power-sharing deal with Liberals | SMH | Sep 2017
Labor-Liberal alliance on the cards as parties try to 'lock out' Greens | Inner West Courier | Sep 2017
Development under threat as power shifts | Daily Telegraph | Sep 2017
Independents day of reckoning in the inner west | AltMedia | Sep 2017
WestConnex pollution on the rise | AltMedia | Aug 2017
Independents running for Inner West Council snag high-profile support | Inner West Courier | Jul 2017
WestConnex: The stink of controversy that fails to go away | The Guardian | Jul 2017
Horrible stench shows lack of empathy for locals | AltMedia | Jun 2017
WestConnex works stench | SMH | Jun 2017
Changing suburbs | House & Garden | May 2017
WestConnex: bitter battles mark the road to Australia's urban future | The Guardian | Apr 2017
Parramatta Rd: Boulevard of broken budgets | AltMedia | Apr 2017
WestConnex road widening triggers need to insulate apartments in inner Sydney | SMH | Mar 2017
Contractors ordered to fix 'rotten egg' smell at WestConnex site after St Peters residents complain | SMH | Mar 2017
Terrible ‘rotten egg’ smells coming from St Peters interchange construction site puts WestConnex on the nose | IWC | Mar 2017
WestConnex wasting public money with AFL team sponsorship, critics say | The Guardian | Mar 2017
Auditor slams $3.5b WestConnex funding | news.com.au | Feb 2017
Asbestos clouds WestConnex’s reputation | AltMedia | Feb 2017
Mike Baird resignation | ABC | Jan 2017
WestConnex: Richard Moras fed up with workers wrongly identifying his St Peters house to be demolished | news.com.au | Jan 2017
2016
Compulsory acquisitions owners get more time, money but fairness questions remain | SMH | Oct 2016
Thousands turn out to force 'Casino' Mike Baird's hand on lock out, CSG, WestConnex, and councils | New Matilda | May 2016
Opposition to WestConnex grows as council blocks contractors from streets | SMH | Apr 2016
Baird government labelled 'secret state' as information increasingly blocked | Sun-Herald | Feb 2016
2015
Clean-up of asbestos on WestConnex site in St Peters under scrutiny | SMH | Sep 2015
Residents offered far below market value for homes needed for WestConnex, lawyer says | SMH | Jul 2015
Haberfield and Homebush set for pollution stacks as M4 East Tunnel plans revealed | SMH | Jun 2015
2014
‘It beggars belief’: St Peters family told they could lose home to WestConnex acquisitions | Inner West Courier (IWC) | Nov 2014
TV
WestConnex nightmare | 9 News Sydney | Aug 2018
WestConnex Stage 3 approved | ABC News | Apr 2018
Not in our backyard | A Current Affair | Apr 2018
Central revamp | Ten Eyewitness News | Mar 2018
Train timetable | 9 News Sydney | Sep 2017
Right road? | 9 News Sydney | Aug 2017
Dumping ground | 9 News Sydney | Jun 2017
WestConnex Euston Rd plans | Ten Eyewitness News | Apr 2017
WestConnex questions | 9 News | Feb 2017
Parramatta Road development plans | 9 News | Nov 2016
Compulsory acquisition reforms | Ten Eyewitness News | Oct 2016
March Against Baird protest in Sydney | ABC News | May 2016
Residents hold fears for WestConnex | 7 News | Sep 2015
WestConnex project forces dozens of residents to leave within 12 months | ABC News | Jan 2015
Op-ed pieces
The human toll of Mike Baird’s WestConnex | The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) | Oct 2016
WestConnex spruikers won’t stop the spin | SMH | Jun 2016
Public transport: better than motorways, and not just for congestion | Green Left Weekly | Jun 2016
Federal funding for WestConnex | AltMedia | Jun 2016
Radio
Pauline Lockie on life, music and her political influences | Radio Skid Row | Jan 2018
WestConnex health and safety breaches | 2RRR RadioActive | Mar 2017
Meeting with Mike Baird | Radio SkidRow | Dec 2016
NSW compulsory acquisitions | 2UE | Aug 2016
Talking WestConnex with Wendy Harmer | ABC702 | Mar 2016
WestConnex New M5 design revealed | ABC702 | Sep 2015
About Pauline Lockie
Pauline Lockie first moved to the Inner West with her family in 2013, when they relocated back to Sydney after nearly eight years in London. They were delighted to purchase their first family home in St Peters in 2014.
But on Melbourne Cup day that year – less than two months after they moved in – Pauline and her family learned that their home was one of over 80 in the area marked for forced acquisition for WestConnex.
Since then, Pauline has been a tireless advocate for her community. As a spokesperson for the WestCONnex Action Group, she made countless appearances in the media, at public events, and in meetings with politicians and officials at all levels of government to campaign against the project, and for better outcomes for Inner West residents.
Due to the wide-ranging impact WestConnex is having on the Inner West, Pauline’s advocacy expanded to include issues such as public transport, sustainable cities, and planning and development.
Since being elected to Inner West Council in 2017, Pauline has continued to act on these issues, as well as LGBTIQ rights, climate change and sustainability, community involvement in Council decision-making, air quality, local environmental issues, and more.
Pauline lives with her husband Warren, daughter Adia, and greyhound Trixie in Newtown.
Your Inner West Independent
Pauline Lockie is Deputy Mayor of Inner West Council, and your progressive independent Councillor for the Damun/Stanmore ward. She's running for re-election in the local government election on 4 December 2021 – and she'd love your support.
How to vote for Pauline Lockie
Re-elect Pauline Lockie
Pauline has been a Councillor at Inner West Council since 2017, and was elected Deputy Mayor in 2021. Prior to that, she was a tireless fighter for our community as a founding member of the WestCONnex Action Group.
She is passionate about liveable cities, local democracy, equality and sustainable development. And with your support at this election, Pauline will keep working to:
- Get our basic services on track
- Keep our local businesses and creative industries thriving
- Invest in our local parks, playgrounds, cycleways and public spaces
- Fixing destructive tree removal policies and restoring our local canopy
- Making sure you have a real say in decisions that affect you.
Early voting starts Monday 22 November. Election day is Saturday 4 December.
How to vote for Pauline Lockie
A track record of working for you
Since being elected, Pauline has:
- Brought Pride Seats celebrating key LGBTIQ+ activists to the Inner West
- Led Council's opposition to 'religious freedom' laws that threaten hard-won rights for LGBTIQ+ people, women, people with disabilities, and more
- Worked with local businesses and creative industries to protect our main streets and industrial/creative spaces, and support our Covid-19 recovery
- Worked for improved public and active transport, lower traffic speeds on local streets, and the completion of the GreenWay
- Fought against the relaxation of tree protections
- Partnered with local organisations to launch the #RacismNotWelcome campaign, Council’s first Gender Equity Strategy, and ban sales of animal fur on Council land
- Taken action to improve our local parks and bring forward investment in roads and footpaths.
Pauline has also helped hundreds of people get the outcomes they need from Council, and remains dedicated to making the organisation and its processes more accessible to its residents.