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.
Read moreRussell 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.
Read moreHaylen 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.
Read moreLetter to the Editor - Safe Schools
The Safe Schools program is all about stopping bullying and intimidation of LGBTI people.
Read moreCommunity 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.
Read moreSeptember 2016 Community newsletter
Keep up to date with my September Spring newsletter.
Read morePutting our schools first
Maintaining the best standards in public education must be the number one priority of government.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreStanding 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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