Christine Forster is a former Australian local government politician who was a

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councillor in the

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(2012–2021) and the younger sister of former Australian Prime Minister

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. Forster attended the

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, completing a Bachelor of Economics. In her time at the University of Sydney, she ran for the Students' Representative Council (SRC) as a Democratic Alliance candidate, and becoming an SRC Representative in 1982. Forster worked as a journalist covering the Australian energy sector for resources information service

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, was elected to the City of Sydney Council in September 2012 and in 2014 announced a plan to run for the

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. Forster has opposed local council amalgamation plans, called for

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to be smoke free, and advocated tall buildings and increased street parking in Sydney City. She describes herself as "committed to the principles of common sense government, genuine sustainability, free enterprise and respect for the individual." Forster lives with her wife Virginia Flitcroft, with whom she has raised money for the

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and campaigned for

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. Forster had been married previously. In 2013, she attended the launch of the

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in Sydney, along with

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and

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. Following the 2018 Liberal leadership spill that resulted in the defeat of

, Forster indicated that she would seek preselection as a Liberal candidate for

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, but later withdrew her nomination.

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