Media Releases

A Labor government led by Luke Foley will hand back valuable land to the community after it is discarded by the monolithic WestConnex roads project. More than 18 hectares- a little over the size of Hyde Park- is up for grabs and Labor has committed that the land along the M4 East corridor will not be sold to developers.

Member for Summer Hill, Jo Haylen, has called plans to conduct geotechnical drilling in the driveway of sick and elderly Haberfield residents “callous, cruel and utterly unnecessary.”

A Foley Labor government will introduce a tax on properties left vacant for longer than six months as part of its comprehensive plan to tackle housing affordability and help first home buyers get a toehold in the market. 

NSW Labor is calling on the Government to stop energy companies charging customers to receive paper bills. 

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.

The Commonwealth Bank has committed to stay in Summer Hill for at least another year following a concerted community campaign that saw hundreds of locals petition the bank to stay.

Plans for a new library in Marrickville have been boosted by a $200,000 grant from the 2016/17 Public Library Infrastructure program.

The NSW Labor Opposition has welcomed announcements over the last two days by the Australian Human Rights Commission and Universities Australia about ending sexual assault on university campuses across Australia.

NSW Labor MPs have expressed outrage over the Australian Human Rights Commission decision not to publicly release data on individual universities, nor make recommendations as a result of a study into sexual assault on campus.

NSW Labor will today introduce legislation into the NSW Parliament to ban the setting up of specialist anti-vaccination child care centres in NSW – to plug a current legal loophole.