- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1858
Jarecki, Sheryl
- Occupation Environmental consultant
Summary
Sheryl Jarecki is a committed environmentalist and social activist. She stood for the Australian Greens in the following two elections:
New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Riverstone, 2003
House of Representatives, Mitchell, 2004
Details
Sheryl Jarecki is a long term resident of the Hills District of Sydney and has been actively involved in environmental and social justice issues in the community.
She was employed as a Regional Project Officer with the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Trust, with responsibility for environmental issues in the north west sector of Sydney.
At the time of her 2003 campaign, she was involved in studying the pesticide use and pest management strategies of non English speaking Sydney farmers.
In 2004 she was a strong proponent of the Greens stand on the war in Iraq and believed all Australian troops should be brought home. She was also campaigning for the release of all children from detention centres and for the humane treatment of refugees.
Published resources
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Site Exhibition
- Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Jarecki, Sheryl, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-723090