Public services

I acknowledge all the local doctors, nurses, pharmacists and health workers who have helped ensure children aged between the ages of 5 and 11 have been able to get vaccinated in time for the return of school.

I recognise the nurses and midwives and the many community members who are taking strike action today.

This is a transport procurement debacle. The Government’s transport policies are in complete chaos.

This is what happens when you offshore manufacturing and privatise our transport system: corners get cut and passengers lose out.

The NSW Government’s River Class ferries will only operate during the daytime until the Government figures out a solution to the massive defects in each of the ten foreign-built River Class ferries.

The NSW Government’s River Class ferries will be further delayed, after safety standards mandated that the windows in the vessels wheelhouses be replaced because they make the vessels unsafe to operate at night.

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.

The Inner West Light Rail is proof that if you build public transport, people will use it and the additional services will go a long way to beat congestion and help us all socially distance as we return to work.

As we work to rebuild our economy in the wake of the virus, a comprehensive upgrade will give the local economy a desperately needed injection of jobs and cash.