Councillor (Dr) Nola Firth was elected to Council in 2021 as a member of The Greens party.
A retired academic, Cr Firth’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts, Masters of Education, Graduate Diploma of Special Education, and a Doctor of Philosophy (PHD). She is a past president of Learning Difficulties Australia and is a Churchill Fellow.
Cr Firth is a long-term member of Australian Natives for Treaty and Aboriginal Reconciliation, and she is one of the early and continuing members of the Australian Conservation Foundation.
Cr Firth’s interests include bushwalking and writing. Community groups she has been involved with include Chillingham Voices, Poets Out Loud and the Caldera Environment Centre. Cr Firth is the founder and member of Hospital Hill Landcare in Murwillumbah.
Cr Firth’s vision:
“The needs of the Shire are rich and diverse and I will be working to address them all. In particular I want to make our Shire a leader in transforming the challenges of climate change into economic and social benefit to all. I want to ensure that development and economic growth are not at the expense of the precious biodiversity of our unique World Heritage environment. I will work for restoration of our wildlife habitat and corridors, for greening of our urban areas, emission reduction and regenerative agriculture, and on affordable and social housing initiatives that address homelessness and rental availability.”