Cost of living

Labor has announced groundbreaking policy to allow school children to enjoy free travel on public transport.

Despite record high electricity prices under this Government, they continue to ignore the burden being placed on struggling households.

A question on legislation to establish benefit corporations and better support social enterprises. 

A question to the Minister for Transport on contactless transit payments. 

My electorate of Summer Hill is home to one of the highest number of university students across the State. The 2017 Universities Australia Student Finances Survey revealed that one in seven students regularly forgo food and necessities because they cannot afford them.

A question on notice to the Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation regarding benefit corporations.

Today I speak about social enterprises and benefit corporations. I am proud that the inner west is home to countless social enterprises that are redefining the notions of corporate responsibility. They are at the forefront of a movement that puts social good on an equal footing with private profit.

Jo Haylen has joined Opposition colleagues in branding the the Berejiklian-Barilaro Government’s pre-election budget a con job that builds new stadiums before schools and hospitals, cuts services and plays catch up after eight years of neglect of the health and education systems.

Shadow Treasurer Ryan Park and Member for Summer Hill, Jo Haylen, have labelled Treasurer Dominic Perrottet’s promise to address cost of living pressures in the upcoming budget a “hurtful con”, with inner west families having suffered through eight long years of rising costs and record low wage growth under the Liberals and Nationals Government.

The NSW Labor Opposition has slammed the Berejiklian Government for presiding over systemic failures within Fair Trading that saw home owners repeatedly exposed to a dodgy builder who had been previously reported to the agency.