No Aircraft Noise Explained

No Aircraft Noise
Native Name:The Common Cause – No Aircraft Noise
Founded:1994
Registered:24 July 1995
Dissolved:13 August 1999
Ideology:Single-issue
Anti-noise pollution
Seats1 Title:Hunter's Hill Council
Seats2 Title:Marrickville Council
Seats3 Title:Leichhardt Council
Slogan:"The Common Cause"
Country:New South Wales
Country2:Australia

No Aircraft Noise (NAN), sometimes referred to as the No Aircraft Noise Party and officially registered as The Common Cause – No Aircraft Noise, was an Australian political party.[1] It sought to remove noise pollution for residents of Sydney that was created by the city's three airports, suggesting that the airports should instead be moved to outer suburbs away from dense residential areas.[2]

The party's most notable results were a primary vote of 23.65% and two-candidate-preferred vote of 39.55% in the electorate of Marrickville at the 1995 state election, as well as 13.61% in the inner-Sydney electorate of Grayndler ay the 1996 federal election.[3] [4]

At the 1995 local government elections, No Aircraft Noise gained representation in every local government area it contested − two seats in Leichhardt, three in Hunter's Hill and three in Marrickville.[5]

The party's members included Sylvia Hale, who was a member of No Aircraft Noise from its formation in 1994 until it dissolved in 1999. She represented the party as a councillor in Marrickville, later joining the Greens in 2000 and serving a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2003 until 2010.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australian Electoral Commission . Australian Electoral Commission . Common Cause – No Aircraft Noise . Party Registration . 2007-12-26 .
  2. Web site: No Aircraft Noise . What's the solution? . No Aircraft Noise . 2007-12-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071115034040/http://www.noaircraftnoise.org.au/Problem.html . 2007-11-15.
  3. 1995 . Marrickville . 26 June 2020.
  4. http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/federal_elections/1996/hor/divisions/gdvs_nsw.htm Australian Electoral Commission – House of Representatives – New South Wales (1996)
  5. Web site: No federal pointers in local elections . The Canberra Times . 15 September 2024 . 2 . 11 September 1995.
  6. Web site: Ms Sylvia Phyllis HALE, BA LLB DipEd . Parliament of New South Wales . 15 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221215063012/https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/Pages/member-details.aspx?pk=2179 . 15 December 2022.