Have been holding back on asking for ID help, whilst I try and figure it out myself.
Alas, after hours of Google searching I have come up trumps.
This plant was collected by a river bed, it stands 40cm tall, has several branches heading upright directly from the base, there is not main trunk.
The leaves are 4cm long and 2mm wide at their thickest point. That are not hard and crunchy, they are soft and supple. they don't not smell of anything. The leaves seem to maily clump at the end of the upright branches, they do not run evenly down the branch.
There were not flowers on it to reference / photo. The bark is a light brown to orange, has some texture, but is mainly smooth.
It was collected in Sydney.
Sorry i'm not being much help. Thanks for any assistance, even if it is just a direction, I am happy to do the leg work to nail it down.
Thanks guys.
taking the top half of trees of since 2005! 
