Environment & Climate

A question on notice to the Minister for Environment and Heritage and Minister for Local Government regarding reverse vending machine.

A question on notice to the Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight regarding share bikes.

Local MPs Sophie Cotsis, Jodi McKay and Jo Haylen, have condemned the Minister for the Environment’s roll-out of the Return and Earn container deposit scheme, with the Minister’s own figures showing there will be fewer than half the promised number of collection points up and running by the start of the scheme this Friday. 

A question on notice regarding operations at YASMAR

A question on notice regarding the Container Deposit Scheme

Notice of Motion regarding motorway exhaust stacks.

Question on Notice to the Minister for Resources, Energy and Utilities and Minister for the Arts regarding the cost of dredging Hawthorne Canal.

Since the release of the M4-M4 Environmental Impact Statement, I have been contacted by countless inner west residents – particularly residents of Haberfield and Ashfield whom I represent in the NSW Legislative Assembly – concerned about the ever-expansion of WestConnex and the extension of intolerable impacts for local communities. 

I speak briefly in debate on the Parramatta Park Trust Amendment (Western Sydney Stadium) Bill 2017 which seeks to enable land to be swapped between the Parramatta Park Trust and Venues NSW associated with the construction of the new Western Sydney Stadium.

The Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Sydney Drinking Water Catchment) Bill 2017 seeks to validate the State significant development consent issued to the Springvale mine extension, which is currently being challenged in the Land and Environment Court. The bill also seeks to clarify the application of the "neutral or beneficial effect on water quality" test for assessment of a development application under an existing development consent relating to the Sydney drinking water catchment.