Public services

Ms Haylen joined Prue Car, the Shadow Minister for Skills, at Petersham TAFE to condemn the Baird Government’s continued attacks on TAFE education in NSW.

The maintenance backlog for public schools in the Summer Hill electorate tops $6.6 million under Mike Baird.

Baird's billion dollar blowouts could have funded inner west schools and hospitals

The Baird Government should urgently install a lift and fix flooding issues at the Lewisham train station because residents are sick of waiting for an upgrade to the rail hub, the local member has said.

Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, will next week be joined by the new Shadow Minister for Transport, Jodi McKay MP, to campaign for an accessibility upgrade for Lewisham Station.

The Government fails to understand that the community has its number - the community understands that this is a government that fails when it comes to proper consultation, that will always put developer and private interests before those of the will do whatever it can to remove transparency and parliamentary oversight when it comes to ripping out our rail lines.

What is clear is that we must not sacrifice the important democratic principle that local decisions are best made by local people.

The Age, July 25, 2015

Labor will review its support for the government's controversial data retention legislation just four months after it helped pass it into law, as ongoing internal ructions over the issue resurfaced at the party's national conference.

Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, today condemned Premier Baird’s announcement that his Government is forcing local councils to amalgamate.

Each time we interact with government departments or agencies, our data is collected and stored. As citizens, we understand this is necessary for the better working of government, but also know that our data is valuable and must be treated with care and respect.