- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1366
Betts, Sally
- Occupation Local government councillor, Political candidate
Summary
Sally Betts only ran for parliament once (Liberal candidate for Waverley, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1988). She later ran for the Waverley Council and was elected to office from 1995 to 2007.
Details
Sally Betts migrated from South Africa in 1976. She had worked in the tourist industry from 1969, including being with Qantas for some years. She has lived in Waverley from 1976. Sally Betts has been a prominent member of the Liberal Party in the Federal seat of Wentworth, being President of the Wentworth Federal Electorate Conference in 2005.
As a councillor, Sally Betts secured funding for the Vaucluse to Bondi Cliff walk, and has been active in fostering a precinct system to improve local community participation.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Betts, Sally, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-703087
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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