Environment & Climate

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. 

Question on Notice to the Minister for Lands and Forestry, Minister for racing, representing the Minister for Primary Industries, regional Water, Trade and Industry regarding the welfare standards and guidelines for poultry.

Jo Haylen MP, Member for Summer Hill, today called on the community to defend the unique character of some of the inner west’s most iconic suburbs following the State Government’s release of the latest drafts of the Sydenham to Bankstown Corridor strategy. 

Ausgrid cowboys should protect our inner west trees. 

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. 

Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, has welcomed NSW Labor’s announcement of a plan to protect heritage as a huge win for the irreplaceable conservation value of the Inner West.