Cr Cox echoed the praise, highlighting the assistance she got when she started on the council, offering thanks for "the immense patience that people in this place had in teaching me about how the planning system works, how to read the council finances, to answer every single question in detail".

"I really do thank you for your patience and some of those people that helped me in those early times have since moved on. But I am and I remain immensely grateful for the time that they took in explaining all of that stuff to me."

Story by Glen Humphries in the Illawarra Mercury, 13 August 2024.