Paid Domestic and Family Violence Leave

Paid domestic violence leave offers certainty where there would otherwise be none. It enables women and children to leave abusive relationships. It provides space and time for women to get themselves back on their feet.

 

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Labor Loves Live Music Campaign

I recently joined Labor Loves Live Music to march with the 4,000-strong crowd through the streets of Sydney in support of our nightlife.

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Russell Review exposes callousness of Baird Government

The Baird government today released its Russell Review into compulsory property acquisitions over 1,000 days since they received it. 

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Haylen calls for urgent parliamentary inquiry into Ausgrid's butchery of inner west trees

Jo Haylen, the Member for Summer Hill, today moved a motion in Parliament calling on the Baird Government to hold an urgent parliamentary inquiry into the butchering of trees across the inner west by Ausgrid contractors. 

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Letter to the Editor - Safe Schools

The Safe Schools program is all about stopping bullying and intimidation of LGBTI people.

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Community Win as Ausgrid agrees to back off tree pruning

Jo Haylen today cautiously welcomed news that Ausgrid has committed to reducing the cutback of inner west trees, but called for greater accountability around the contractors used by Ausgrid to manage the trees.

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September 2016 Community newsletter

Keep up to date with my September Spring newsletter. 

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Putting our schools first

Maintaining the best standards in public education must be the number one priority of government.

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The threat to our Cook's River trees

The Cook's River is in peril. And unsurprisingly, we have had nothing but secrecy and silence from this Government.

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Standing up for Safe Schools

Every student has the right to feel safe at school, irrespective of their race, religious beliefs, gender identity or sexuality. 

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