Chris Harris (New South Wales Politician)
Chris Harris is an Australian politician.
Harris was an unsuccessful Greens candidate in the 2012 Sydney by-election. Chris was pre-selected by his party prior to the recent local government election, so did not re-contest his seat on the City of Sydney Council. Harris was the first Greens Councillor to be elected to the City of Sydney Council (2004.) He served as Deputy Lord Mayor (2006-2007) and in 2008 was re-elected along with a second Greens Councillor, Irene Doutney. Early in his constituency, Chris took residence in a Moreton Bay Fig tree as a protest against planned removal. Chris was an opponent of the Sydney cross-city tunnel which opened in 2005. In March 2007, he was involved in a scuffle with Liberal senator Bill Heffernan while handing out how-to-vote cards for the NSW State Election. In June 2007, Harris fought against the redevelopment of the Carlton United Brewery site in Chippendale, taking the then Minister for Planning to the Land and Environment Court. In August 2007, Chris Harris heavily opposed the security measures put in place for the hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference.
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