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The Berekjiklian Government today released another glossy brochure with details on its M4-M5 link, with sites on Wattle St, Walker Ave and Northcote Street used for construction until 2022. 

When it comes to public education, we must pull back the pendulum and restore the ability of all parents to make these decisions for themselves.

I am in awe of those mums out there who are balancing complex needs, including single mums, mums caring for children with disability or illness, and mums with postnatal depression or facing their own health issues.

The Turnbull Government has let down Inner West families on the key issue of housing affordability in last night’s Federal Budget.

This year's theme "Love Makes a Family" focuses on the importance of celebrating family diversity. This year's events will also recognise the horrific abuse and murder of gay men in Chechnya.

The Leader of the Opposition and NSW Labor have had the backbone to rule out One Nation preferences in New South Wales but the Premier and those opposite have refused to do the same. 

The work of Barnardos and other services is critical because they lift young people out of the cycle and help them realise their full potential. 

The Ethnic Child Care, Family and Community Services Co-operative in Marrickville is a vital organisation for those from culturally and linguistically diverse [CALD] backgrounds. It works to connect services and to ensure CALD residents have access to children's services, aged care services, and services for the elderly or the disabled. It works alongside other fantastic organisations in the inner west, including Community and Cultural Connections, that work to give independence to vulnerable members of our multicultural community.

A young LGBTI person is 14 times more likely to commit suicide. That is the enormity of the problem that faces us.

Every afternoon, every lunch break, every weekend, a battle is played out on park benches, sporting fields and baby swings across the inner west. Open and green spaces are at a premium and every square metre of grass is accounted for. Residents using these spaces in a variety of ways crash into each other, sometimes quite literally.