Arts & creative industries

A question on grant recipients in the Summer Hill electorate. 

A motion to the parliament on the expert panel formed by the Premier in response to recent deaths at a music festival in Penrith.

A question on library funding in NSW local government areas, including in the inner west.

A question on the Government's strategy for contemporary music and the night-time economy.

Only six arts projects have been funded in the latest round of the NSW Arts and Cultural Projects fund, a success rate of only 2.7 percent.

Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, has congratulated local brewers on their successful campaign to cut red tape for the industry, allowing tap rooms to operate as small bars.

Sign the petition calling on the NSW State Government to appoint a Night Mayor to coordinate Sydney's night-time economy. 

My Question to the Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing, and Special Minister for State representing the Minister for Resources, Minister for Energy and Utilities, Minister for Arts, Vice-President of the Executive Council regarding arts and screen funding grants. 

 I speak in debate on the Liquor Amendment (Reviews) Bill 2017. The bill legislates a number of reforms announced by the Government in relation to the review of the so-called lockout laws conducted by former High Court Justice Ian Callinan. As foreshadowed by the Minister for Lands and Forestry, and Minister for Racing this bill enacts those recommendations that were unable to be prescribed through regulation. 

Plans for a new library in Marrickville have been boosted by a $200,000 grant from the 2016/17 Public Library Infrastructure program.