Independent MP Kylea Tink to step down at the 2025 election after AEC abolished her seat of North Sydney

Independent MP Kylea Tink has announced she will step down from federal politics at the next election after the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) abolished her seat of North Sydney. Ms Tink made the announcement on Saturday, months after AEC presiding member Susan Kenny announced they would retire the North Sydney seat and modify the boundaries of nine electoral divisions at the 2025 federal election. The Independent MP has held the seat since 2022 - which includes Australia’s third largest business district made up of professional services, property, wholesale and retail industries. Ms Tink, the former chief executive officer of the McGrath Foundation, said she has not decided what she will do next, but was fully behind the community independent movement and believed it achieved better results in parliament. “The results of any parliament are better when you have multiple voices around the decisions that need to be made,” she said. “When it comes to 2025 there are 20 communities across the country now that have a community independent candidate identified and have already launched.” Ms Tink has thrown her support behind independent Warringah MP Zali Steggall and community independent candidate Nicolette Boele, who will run for the newly gazetted seat of Bradfield. The electorate is made up of three local government areas in northern Sydney including Ku-ring-gai, North Sydney and Willoughby. Ms Tink said Ms Beole ran in 2022 and brought that seat so close and has been committed to the community for the last few years. “I’m really excited to see what she can achieve in the 2025 election.”