Greens candidate for Mackellar Dr Jonathan King is a blue-blooded radical. King gained national prominence in 1988 when he staged an $11 million recreation of the First Fleet's voyage. The historian and former journalist became, in his own words, 鈥減olitical hot property,鈥 courted by both major parties.
He declined their overtures. Politics 鈥渨as in [his] blood鈥, King said, but he was 鈥渢oo radical鈥 for the major parties.
Following the bicentennial voyage, King found his 鈥渘ext big project, and that was helping the environment鈥.