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{{Short description|Australian politician}}
'''Irene Doutney''' is an [[Australian]] politician. She has served as a Sydney City Councillor. In 2016, she became Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney. She is a member of the Green Party.
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| term_end= 10 September 2016
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| successor= [[Kerryn Phelps]]
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| death_place=[[Darlinghurst, New South Wales|Darlinghurst]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
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'''Irene Doutney''' (1949/50 – 11 June 2018) was an [[Australians|Australian]] politician, who was a councillor of the [[City of Sydney]] for the [[Greens New South Wales]]. In 2016, she became [[Lord Mayor of Sydney|Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney]].


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Doutney grew up in King's Cross, Australia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/councillor-preempts-rivals-dirt-file-to-reveal-her-own-troubled-past-20120513-1ykz9.html|title=Councillor pre-empts rivals' dirt file to reveal her own troubled past|last=Burke|first=Kelly|date=2012-05-14|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2017-11-20|language=en-US}}</ref> Her father died of leukemia when she was 9 years old. Starting at age 12, Doutney battled depression. Her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer when Doutney was 16.<ref name=":0" /> Doutney has a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.<ref name=":0" />
Doutney grew up in King's Cross, Australia. Her father died of leukemia when she was 9 years old. Starting at age 12, Doutney battled depression. Her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer when Doutney was 16. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/councillor-preempts-rivals-dirt-file-to-reveal-her-own-troubled-past-20120513-1ykz9.html|title=Councillor pre-empts rivals' dirt file to reveal her own troubled past|last=Burke|first=Kelly|date=14 May 2012|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Doutney became involved in community issues through the group REDWatch.<ref name=":1" /> In 2012, Doutney was re-elected a Sydney City Councillor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sydneymedia.com.au/5304-hear-ye-hear-ye-hear-ye-meet-the-new-city-of-sydney-council/|title=Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Meet the new City of Sydney Council - The City of Sydney Media Centre|last=|first=|date=|website=www.sydneymedia.com.au|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=November 26, 2017}}</ref> On February 29, 2016, the Sydney Council elected Doutney the new Deputy Lord Mayor following the death of [[Robyn Kemmis]]. The election followed an agreement between [[Australian Greens|Green]] Councillor Doutney and Independent Lord Mayor [[Clover Moore]] that Doutney would support Moore's budgetary meassures but remain free to object to other proposals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.southsydneyherald.com.au/our-newly-elected-deputy-lord-mayer/#.WhpHBGhSzIV|title=Our newly elected Deputy Lord Mayor|last=|first=|date=March 14, 2016|website=www.southsydneyherald.com.au|language=en-AU|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref> One of Doutney's signature issues as a public official was advocating for improved public housing.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/city-east/when-it-comes-to-public-housing-sydney-has-a-stigma-problem-says-city-councillor-and-public-housing-tenant-irene-doutney/news-story/72da697994a91ad4dbcd087fd3867d11|title=Stigma and the City: public housing’s bad wrap?|last=Clement|first=Jessica|date=May 22, 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=November 26, 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref> As of 2017 she no longer served on the City Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.southsydneyherald.com.au/mural-restoration-more-than-a-heritage-issue/#.WhpRA2hSzIU|title=Mural restoration more than a heritage issue {{!}} South Sydney Herald South Sydney Herald|last=Clark|first=Philippa|date=March 10, 2017|website=www.southsydneyherald.com.au|language=en-AU|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=November 26, 2017}}</ref>
Doutney became involved in community issues through the group REDWatch.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/city-east/when-it-comes-to-public-housing-sydney-has-a-stigma-problem-says-city-councillor-and-public-housing-tenant-irene-doutney/news-story/72da697994a91ad4dbcd087fd3867d11|title=Stigma and the City: public housing's bad wrap?|last=Clement|first=Jessica|date=22 May 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=26 November 2017}}</ref> She was first elected as a Greens councillor to the City of Sydney in 2008,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sydneymedia.com.au/3721-city-election-results-announced/|title=City election results announced - The City of Sydney Media Centre|website=www.sydneymedia.com.au|language=en|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref> and ran for both mayor and council at the [[2012 Sydney City Council election]]. Doutney came fifth in the mayoral race with 6.5%, but was successful in being re-elected to council.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sydneymedia.com.au/5304-hear-ye-hear-ye-hear-ye-meet-the-new-city-of-sydney-council/|title=Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Meet the new City of Sydney Council|publisher=The City of Sydney Media Centre|access-date=26 November 2017}}</ref> On 29 February 2016, the Sydney Council elected Doutney the new Deputy Lord Mayor following the death of [[Robyn Kemmis]]. The election followed an agreement between [[Greens New South Wales|Green]] Councillor Doutney and Independent Lord Mayor [[Clover Moore]] that Doutney would support Moore's budgetary measures but remain free to object to other proposals.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.southsydneyherald.com.au/our-newly-elected-deputy-lord-mayer/#.WhpHBGhSzIV|title=Our newly elected Deputy Lord Mayor|date=14 March 2016|work=South Sydney Herald|access-date=26 November 2017}}<br>- {{cite news |last1=Hansen |first1=Nick |title=Clover Moore and Irene Doutney strike power deal after death of Deputy Lord Mayor Robyn Kemmis |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/city-east/clover-moore-and-irene-doutney-strike-power-deal-after-death-of-deputy-lord-mayor-robyn-kemmis/news-story/eef114d0cb2845a8d71e3d5b726f0fe6 |accessdate=17 June 2018 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=21 January 2016}}</ref>

One of Doutney's signature issues as a public official was advocating for improved public housing.<ref name=":1"/> Her first act as an elected councilor was to speak out against the [[Northern Territory intervention]] for the [[Aboriginal rights]] Coalition.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://clrdoutney.wordpress.com/2016/09/01/my-first-speech-to-council/|title=My first speech to Council|date=1 September 2016|publisher=Councillor Irene Doutney|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref>

Doutney was a "78er", having participated in the first [[Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras]] in 1978, and continued to advocate for [[Same-sex marriage in Australia|marriage equality]] and [[LGBT rights in Australia|LGBT rights]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Richard Milnes|title=Rally for marriage equality outside Sydney Town Hall|date=12 August 2012|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQneQOdn-Uk|website=YouTube|accessdate=11 June 2018}}<br>- {{cite news|url=http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/gays-line-up-for-election/1654|title=Gays line up for election - Star Observer|website=Star Observer|access-date=11 June 2018}}<br>- {{cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/council-goes-straight-for-the-throat-of-anti-gay-group/news-story/09c9deb4bacc18e4b1edf0158bfcac0d|title=Council goes straight for the throat of 'anti-gay' group|last=Campion|first=Vikki|date=11 May 2010|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref> Along with Labor councillor Linda Scott, Doutney was among the first City of Sydney councillors to push for the City to divest from fossil fuels.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://gofossilfree.org/how-we-got-australias-biggest-city-to-divest/|title=How we got Australia's biggest city to divest|work=Fossil Free|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref> She advocated for [[urban forest]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://clrdoutney.wordpress.com/campaigns/preserving-the-urban-canopy/|title=Preserving the Urban Canopy|date=19 January 2016|work=Councillor Irene Doutney|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref> leading the City of Sydney adopting the Greening Sydney strategy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/vision/towards-2030/sustainability/greening-the-city|title=Greening the city|publisher= City of Sydney|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref> In 2016, she announced she would not contest the September 2016 elections for the City of Sydney.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.altmedia.net.au/september-council-election-campaign-off-and-racing/117143|title=September council election campaign off and racing|website=Altmedia|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612135928/http://www.altmedia.net.au/september-council-election-campaign-off-and-racing/117143|url-status=dead}}<br>- {{Cite news|url=http://www.southsydneyherald.com.au/mural-restoration-more-than-a-heritage-issue/#.WhpRA2hSzIU|title=Mural restoration more than a heritage issue|work=South Sydney Herald|last=Clark|first=Philippa|date=10 March 2017|access-date=26 November 2017}}</ref>

== Death ==
Doutney died on 11 June 2018 at the [[St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney|St Vincents Sacred Heart Hospice]] after a 3-year battle with cancer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?n=irene-doutney&pid=189301046|title=Death Notice: Irene DOUTNEY|date=16 June 2018|accessdate=17 June 2018|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 10:42, 23 September 2024

Irene Doutney
Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney
In office
29 February 2016 – 10 September 2016
Lord MayorClover Moore
Preceded byRobyn Kemmis
Succeeded byKerryn Phelps
Councillor of the City of Sydney
In office
13 September 2008 – 10 September 2016
Personal details
Born1949/50
Kings Cross, New South Wales, Australia
Died (aged 69)
Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyGreens New South Wales

Irene Doutney (1949/50 – 11 June 2018) was an Australian politician, who was a councillor of the City of Sydney for the Greens New South Wales. In 2016, she became Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney.

Early life

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Doutney grew up in King's Cross, Australia. Her father died of leukemia when she was 9 years old. Starting at age 12, Doutney battled depression. Her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer when Doutney was 16. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.[1]

Career

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Doutney became involved in community issues through the group REDWatch.[2] She was first elected as a Greens councillor to the City of Sydney in 2008,[3] and ran for both mayor and council at the 2012 Sydney City Council election. Doutney came fifth in the mayoral race with 6.5%, but was successful in being re-elected to council.[4] On 29 February 2016, the Sydney Council elected Doutney the new Deputy Lord Mayor following the death of Robyn Kemmis. The election followed an agreement between Green Councillor Doutney and Independent Lord Mayor Clover Moore that Doutney would support Moore's budgetary measures but remain free to object to other proposals.[5]

One of Doutney's signature issues as a public official was advocating for improved public housing.[2] Her first act as an elected councilor was to speak out against the Northern Territory intervention for the Aboriginal rights Coalition.[6]

Doutney was a "78er", having participated in the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in 1978, and continued to advocate for marriage equality and LGBT rights.[7] Along with Labor councillor Linda Scott, Doutney was among the first City of Sydney councillors to push for the City to divest from fossil fuels.[8] She advocated for urban forest,[9] leading the City of Sydney adopting the Greening Sydney strategy.[10] In 2016, she announced she would not contest the September 2016 elections for the City of Sydney.[11]

Death

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Doutney died on 11 June 2018 at the St Vincents Sacred Heart Hospice after a 3-year battle with cancer.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Burke, Kelly (14 May 2012). "Councillor pre-empts rivals' dirt file to reveal her own troubled past". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b Clement, Jessica (22 May 2014). "Stigma and the City: public housing's bad wrap?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. ^ "City election results announced - The City of Sydney Media Centre". www.sydneymedia.com.au. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Meet the new City of Sydney Council". The City of Sydney Media Centre. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Our newly elected Deputy Lord Mayor". South Sydney Herald. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
    - Hansen, Nick (21 January 2016). "Clover Moore and Irene Doutney strike power deal after death of Deputy Lord Mayor Robyn Kemmis". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  6. ^ "My first speech to Council". Councillor Irene Doutney. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  7. ^ Richard Milnes (12 August 2012). "Rally for marriage equality outside Sydney Town Hall". YouTube. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
    - "Gays line up for election - Star Observer". Star Observer. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
    - Campion, Vikki (11 May 2010). "Council goes straight for the throat of 'anti-gay' group". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  8. ^ "How we got Australia's biggest city to divest". Fossil Free. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Preserving the Urban Canopy". Councillor Irene Doutney. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Greening the city". City of Sydney. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  11. ^ "September council election campaign off and racing". Altmedia. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
    - Clark, Philippa (10 March 2017). "Mural restoration more than a heritage issue". South Sydney Herald. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Death Notice: Irene DOUTNEY". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
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