A former inner-west public school principal and local of 23 years standing has been pre-selected last night as the Greens candidate for the NSW state seat of Coogee.

Ms Sue Doran already has a local profile for campaigning against the proposal to put a high rise building on the Coogee Bay hotel site under the notorious “Part 3A” legislation.

Ms Doran says that the Greens were the only party in the NSW parliament to oppose the addition of Part 3A to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

“Local residents have been collecting petition signatures against the Coogee Bay Hotel high rise down at Coogee Beach for months. We have seen the shock expressed by thousands of visitors and local residents when they learn that Part 3A of the Environment Planning and Assessment Act allows the developers to bypass Randwick Council’s height restrictions on the hotel site. The Liberal and Labor parties should never have pushed it through state parliament.”

Ms Doran will be using her education background to campaign for a better deal for public education in the eastern suburbs. She said,

"As we've all noticed there's a baby boom happening. Our schools are rapidly filling up; some being squeezed for space. Long term planning is urgently needed.

Further, our teachers have suffered under the current government. As parents know, education is precious and should be treated with great care."

Local East Ward Greens Councillor Murray Matson has enthusiastically endorsed Ms Doran stating,

“Coogee is a seat that has been sold out by the Labor and Liberal parties for election donations from developers and the pubs. Lets vote Sue Doran into Coogee as a local candidate who owes the Coogee Bay Hotel no favours!”