Rochelle Porteous
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Rochelle Porteous is the NSW Greens Party candidate for the seat of Balmain in the 2007 NSW State Elections. Rochelle is a Councillor on Leichhardt Council.
[edit] Background
Rochelle Porteous has been a Leichhardt Councillor for the last 3 years. She has worked as a teacher, interpreter, filmmaker, an economic development manager, a consultant and has run small high street businesses.
She holds diplomas in media production, teaching and training, a degree in Geography/Psychology and speaks fluent Spanish and Italian.
Rochelle campaigned to save Callan Park and is now campaigning hard to save Rozelle Psychiatric Hospital. She has been a leading figure in the No M4 East/Public Transport campaign and has led the fight against mobile phone tower installations near schools and childcare centres.
Rochelle is a committed environmentalist and has taken the lead in getting Council to adopt an Urban Forest Policy and to fight climate change.
She has been a leading figure in the White Bay No Cement Terminal campaign and has driven the development of community-led strategic planning for the Inner West Harbour.
Rochelle has been an active campaigner in the refugee movement for a number of years and developed the Asylum Seeker Support Worker project, now funded by six Sydney Councils.
Rochelle was born and grew up in Newcastle, she has lived in Balmain and Leichhardt for the last 7 years.
