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Linda Scott is a Australian Labor Party Councillor on the City of Sydney Council, in Sydney, Australia. She was first elected in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Councillors )〕 A strong supporter for reforming the Australian Labor Party, Scott won Labor's first ever community preselection, where over 4,000 people elected her to the Labor's candidate for Lord Mayor of Sydney in the 2012 NSW Local Government Elections.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2012 NSW Local Government Elections )〕 She defeated a host of other high profile candidates to be selected.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ALP Candidate Forum Community - Preselection for Lord Mayor of Sydney ALP Candidate )〕 Scott graduated with first class honours in Psychology from The University of New South Wales. She was an elected student member of the University's governing body, the University Council, which successfully overturned a policy to accept Full Fee-paying undergraduate students into the University. She served as a member alongside former Australian of the Year Dr John Yu and former Hawke Government Federal Education Minister Susan Ryan. She is also a former Convener of Labor for Refugees〔http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/national-affairs/labor-platform-endorses-offshore-processing-of-asylym-seekers/story-fnba0rxe-1226213037833〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=November a record month for boat arrivals )〕 and former Chair of the Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre. Since being elected, Scott has championed to save and increase inner city green spaces〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WestConnex to reduce size of Sydney Park )〕〔http://www.altmedia.net.au/scott-stands-alone-on-green-space-targets/104211〕 and for the City to invest their significant surpluses into community and sporting infrastructure.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Green Square pool: Sydney architect wins design competition )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=City's skating solutions still up in the air )〕 Scott has sought City action to address housing affordability〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our public housing failure )〕 and has fought the sale of heritage public housing in Millers Point, Dawes Point and The Rocks.〔http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/Parlment/committee.nsf/0/c5e8ceed6eaa2614ca257caf001a14fa/$FILE/0207%20Cr%20Linda%20Scott.pdf〕 A mother of two young children, Scott has also argued for significant investment in new early education and care centres.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=City of Sydney budgets for a record $1.94 billion infrastructure spend )〕〔http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/lord-mayor-clover-moore-announces-2b-building-plan-for-city-of-sydney-that-includes-28-million-on-cycleways/story-fni0cx12-1226917147967〕 Her campaign to build a giant rainbow flag in recognition of the LGBT community in Sydney's Taylor Square saw the permanent monument erected in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Plans for giant gay flag in Sydney revealed )〕〔http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/local-news/new-south-wales-news/pressure-grows-on-council-to-make-taylor-squares-temporary-rainbow-flagpole-permanent/134668〕 She is a passionate supporter of live music.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sydney Live Music Fight Heads To Council )〕 Scott lives with her husband and two sons in Erskineville. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Linda Scott (councillor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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