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VOTE 1 PEACEFUL BAYSIDE - WARD 3
 

fresh, visionary leadership

Your Ward 3 Peaceful Bayside team from left to right: Lee Mangion, Janin Bredehoeft & Tina Workman

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Elect Dr Janin Bredehoeft

as your Ward 3 councillor

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Make Your Vote Count for:

  • Safer streets 

  • More liveable, accessible and family-friendly neighbourhoods

  • Revival of our town centres 

  • More support for arts and culture including making Rockdale an arts and culture hub

  • Better care for our creeks and green spaces, and connecting our green spaces from Bardwell Park to Botany Bay

  • Better pedestrian, cycling and public transport connections

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Meet Dr Janin Bredehoeft

I live in Rockdale with my young family and I am passionate about working on a council to build a Bayside where everyone can thrive, feel safe, and enjoy arts, culture, and our beautiful nature. 

 

My little family and I love the multicultural community in Bayside, the proximity to the city, the beautiful bay, and the Royal National Park. As a mum, I usually spend my weekend driving the kids around to soccer or basketball training and games. I always make sure to walk and hike in Sydney’s and Australia's outdoors and spend some time in my small native garden. 

 

My professional experience spans two continents and various roles. I am a trained nurse with experience in intensive care in Germany. While working, I also pursued a university degree. An exchange year brought me to Sydney, and love has kept me here ever since. Having worked at a university and the Australian government, I am now the CEO of a small not-for-profit organisation. My focus has always been on making people's lives better and improving our community. 

 

Together with the Bayside community, I want to work to build a better Bayside. A Bayside where we walk and cycle with family and friends, see community infrastructure, new affordable housing, new and upgraded parks, and tree plantings, sporting fields and pools, and more diversity in our public art and culture to ensure the Bayside is a better place for all in future. 

 

I feel lucky to live on the beautiful land of the Gadigal and Bidjigal people of the Eora Nation, where I am raising my children with my partner Marc. We are often seen actively walking the streets, parks, and green spaces. Walking around the area is like discovering hidden gems everywhere you go. That’s why I have set myself a goal: to walk all streets in the Ward 3/Bayside Council before Election Day. There is so much to explore, follow my tour, uncover the hidden gems, and say hi.

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After moving to Banksia in 2010, I was immediately taken by the richness of its diverse community. The little street of 16 homes where I live, includes people from eight different countries. My neighbourhood feels more like a village than anywhere else I have ever lived. My Macedonian friends include me in their parties and family gatherings, they bring me delicious home-made treats. My local Asian neighbours share their fruit and vegies. The chemist, post office, hairdresser, grocery store, auto mechanic, all know me by name. This sense of community brings me immense joy.

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I spent a lot of my life in the music business as a singer both in Australia and the UK. It’s not surprising then that communicating with people is such a big part of my life. I am definitely a people person; I love to stop and chat and hear everyone’s stories.

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One of my other passions is Community Radio, where I have been working for the past 15 years. I present my own music show and co-host a Drive show which combines community issues, the arts, cultural events and current affairs. 

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My love of animals, particularly dogs, means I spend a lot of time in the local parks. It is important that we maintain our greenspaces to include all forms of recreation be it a range of sporting activities, off leash dog walking or walking tracks. This needs to be done in a consultative way which remains sensitive to local conservation issues.

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I care deeply for this community and believe that the Peaceful Bayside Party is committed to listening and acting on community concerns.

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