Media Releases

The NSW Government has failed to give certainty to older people, the State Budget shows, with seniors still waiting on the appointment of a permanent Minister, a new Ageing Strategy and seniors groups still unsure as to whether they’ll be funded into the future.

The State Government has abandoned the health of the Canterbury community in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis, failing to invest a single dollar in the State Budget to upgrade Canterbury Hospital.

Inner West residents have the budget blues today as the Liberal Treasurer once again overlooks our communities for vital investment and public sector workers’ wages are frozen.

Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, is demanding the NSW Government fund new vehicles and services for the Inner West Light Rail in the NSW State Budget on 17 November.

NSW Labor is calling on SafeWork NSW to explain why it was unaware of the workplace deaths of the two food delivery drivers earlier this week.

NSW Labor has introduced a Bill to force food delivery companies to provide their workers with critical personal protective equipment.

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.