Media Releases

Jo Haylen has joined Opposition colleagues in branding the the Berejiklian-Barilaro Government’s pre-election budget a con job that builds new stadiums before schools and hospitals, cuts services and plays catch up after eight years of neglect of the health and education systems.

Jo Haylen MP, and the NSW Labor Opposition have branded a taxpayer-funded road trip to spruik the WestConnex sale a shameful waste of money.

Member for Summer Hill, Jo Haylen, today declared Labor’s commitment to return the option for Special Ethics Education to the enrolment form in NSW public schools as a victory for parents.

Jo Haylen MP has joined Opposition colleagues in labelling the dramatic drop in the number of coronial inquests being conducted under the Liberal Government as ‘unacceptable’, forcing families to wait much longer to find out what happened to their loved ones.

The Minister for Planning’s approval of the M4-M5 WestConnex project has revealed yet another potential failure around Government acquisitions for the WestConnex project.

Jo Haylen has joined Opposition colleagues in demanding the Berejiklian Government release its Sexual Assault Strategy, following the dramatic increase in offences in NSW over the past two years.

Shadow Treasurer Ryan Park and Member for Summer Hill, Jo Haylen, have labelled Treasurer Dominic Perrottet’s promise to address cost of living pressures in the upcoming budget a “hurtful con”, with inner west families having suffered through eight long years of rising costs and record low wage growth under the Liberals and Nationals Government.

NSW Labor has introduced laws to make the Sydney Motorway Corporation (SMC) subject to the same accountability and disclosure rules that apply to all other NSW government departments and agencies.

Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, has called on the Government to explain why classrooms at the former Petersham West St TAFE campus have sat empty for almost two years following the delayed relocation of the Open High School to the site.

The NSW Labor Opposition has slammed the Berejiklian Government for presiding over systemic failures within Fair Trading that saw home owners repeatedly exposed to a dodgy builder who had been previously reported to the agency.