Media Releases

UP TO ONE THOUSAND trees have been tagged for removal along the Cooks River from Port Botany to Newington in Sydney’s inner west, including an iconic copse of fig trees at Strathfield.

Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, today expressed fears that hundreds of extra cars will be pumped onto local streets when lanes of traffic close on Parramatta Road this Sunday.

Haberfield and inner west residents furious at the butchering of trees by Ausgrid contractors will meet this Saturday at a fiery public meeting. 

Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, today welcomed the news that Optus will not install a telecommunications tower in Ashfield Park. At the same time, she called on the Baird Government to abandon plans for intrusive variable message signs (VMS) in front Ashfield Park for Westconnex.

Jo Haylen MP, Member for Summer Hill, has called on the Government to commit to Change the Record’s Blueprint to close the gap in indigenous incarceration by 2040. 

Marrickville Legal Centre has had its funding for a domestic and family violence worker restored after funding ceased on June 30. The Centre will receive a $100,000 grant to fund the service following the intervention of Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, and Sophie Cotsis MLC.

These sites should be shut immediately until the investigation is completed and the community can be assured their safety is not at risk.

Inner West commuters have voiced their frustration and anger with the Baird Government’s management of the bus network with over 2,660 complaints lodged in the last financial year by Summer Hill residents.

The Minister for Lands and Water today acknowledged that Juvenile Justice has not paid a cent in rent while using the Yasmar Estate in Haberfield, at the same time leaving the building and grounds to fall into disrepair. 

Jo Haylen MP, Member for Summer Hill, today echoed calls from the Shadow Minister for Roads for work on Westconnex to be halted given claims asbestos contaminated road-base may have been used for the project.