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�.