Media Releases

Jo Haylen MP, Member for Summer Hill, today expressed her ongoing support for the young women, activists and students fighting for action on the issue of sexual assault on campus, in light of the Australian Human Rights Commission report released yesterday.

The NSW Labor Opposition has pledged to work with all stakeholders to address the recommendations of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Change the Course: National Report on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment at Australian Universities.

Ashbury is an irreplaceable heritage suburb. We can’t this Government’s overdevelopment agenda destroy such a unique community.

Jo Haylen MP, Member for Summer Hill, today asked serious questions of Minister for Planning, Anthony Roberts, on the numbers used to sell his mass rezoning of Dulwich Hill.

Families in Summer Hill have been dealt a blow since July 1 when electricity prices soared, almost every toll in Sydney increased and over 440 Berejiklian government fees and charges went up.

Jo Haylen MP, Member for Summer Hill, has expressed outrage that the West Street Petersham TAFE site has been left virtually empty following delays from the Department of Education in moving Open High School to the site. 

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. 

Royal Prince Alfred and Canterbury Hospital were both left out of the Government’s cash splurge on public hospitals in this year’s NSW Budget, despite population demands forced on inner west communities by the Berejiklian Government.

The Budget ignores key community infrastructure in the inner west, with only one local school receiving badly-needed classrooms and little support for residents on housing affordability, transport, or child-care. 

Jo Haylen MP, Member for Summer Hill, today presented a blueprint to make the inner west the craft brewing capital of Australia.