Public services

Local Member for Summer Hill, Jo Haylen, is calling on the new education minister to immediately fix the school maintenance backlog as local children are forced to return to dilapidated classrooms. 

The Government has sold of $650 million worth of social housing in NSW over the past two years, including $5.93 million of assets flogged off in the Inner West.

Projects delayed include sorely needed upgrades to Lewisham, Petersham and Dulwich Hill stations. Plans for commuter parking at Summer Hill and Marrickville stations are also delayed.

Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, welcomed today’s announcement that a Foley Labor Government will fund $9 million towards an upgrade of Canterbury Hospital’s emergency department, including expanding maternity ward services.

Maintaining the best standards in public education must be the number one priority of government.

It is clear that where this Government is concerned, innovation extends only so far as selling off something, and there is absolutely no limit to what it will privatise. Now the Government has put a price tag on the very system which underpins the ownership of our land.

We have an absurd situation where travelling by bus is now more expensive, despite being less reliable. Public transport is a basic right and making it more expensive will hit vulnerable people hardest.

The Government is pumping density all through the inner west but there's no sign of planning for the community infrastructure we need.

The impact of Baird’s cuts are being felt here in the inner west – we’ve already lost Petersham West St campus by stealth and residents are right to fear for the future of Enmore and other TAFE campuses across Sydney.

Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, acknowledges the importance of Dulwich Hill Train Station and calls on the Government to improve the station's accessibility.