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Flashing lights at school zones across NSW will fail unless the NSW Government urgently commits $13 million a year in maintenance funding, damning documents obtained by the NSW Labor Opposition reveal.

NSW Labor has called on the Berejiklian Government to extend New South Wales’ eviction moratorium to the end of 2020 to protect vulnerable tenants across the State.

Inner-west Labor MPs, Jo Haylen and Sophie Cotsis are urgently calling on the NSW Government to double the grant program to help the many community groups that are supporting the inner west community through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Many sporting groups and community organisations have seen a huge fall in revenue due to COVID-19. Boosting funding through the Community Building Partnership would provide a much needed boost for community groups during this difficult time.

Labor has asked the NSW Government to confirm what precautions have been taken to protect seniors during the pandemic.

As community sports club return to the field this month after a long hiatus caused by Covid-19, five local clubs have secured increased funding through the 2019-20 Summer Hill Local Sports Grant Program.

Labor has called on the Berejiklian Government to stop cuts to AbSec, the peak Aboriginal run organisation working to improve the care, support and diversion of Aboriginal children from the out of home care system.

NSW Labor is appealing to the good will and good sense of Sydney parents to continue working from home once their kids return to school next Monday.

Principals are being forced to manage traffic around their schools as students return to classes full-time, with the Government failing to deliver on its promise of hiring new crossing supervisors and demanding parents wait outside school gates at drop off and pick up times.

Labor says the Berejiklian Government must do better than apps, goodwill and stickers, after announcing a Sydney CBD-centric transport ‘plan’ that fails to include any measures for Regional NSW and the Greater Sydney region.