Across the inner west, kids, families and local volunteers rolled up their sleeves to help protect our precious biodiversity, parks, streets and waterways.

The Parramatta River Catchment Group has been working tirelessly to make the Parramatta River swimmable by 2025

Notes the clearing of native vegetation as part of work to maintain the High Pressure Oil Pipeline that runs along the banks of the Cooks River.

Notes calls from the University of New South Wales and the Australia Conservation Foundation for the platypus to be listed as a threatened species in New South Wales.

Congratulations to the inner west schools who are among the first to receive solar panels as part of the Solar My School Program.

I am hopeful that this moment in the New South Wales Parliament signals a new chapter in climate policy when true optimistic and genuine bipartisanship help us turn the page and gets us moving when it really counts.

The Greenway corridor stretching from Iron Cove to the Cooks River is a paradise for bird watchers and nature lovers, being home to over 239 different species of birds including rare and precious native species.

The Local Land Services Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2020 purports to streamline the processes by which farmers and forestry managers conduct normal agricultural processes or allowable activities by decoupling the Local Land Services Act and the State Environmental Planning and Assessment Act. 

The difference between the policies of the Labor Opposition and the Government on land clearing and koala protection could not be more stark. Labor has long fought this Government on its appalling record and approach to land clearing and to biodiversity protection. Labor understands the value of protecting our unique and iconic native species but, unlike the Government, we also understand what it takes to do so: stopping habitat destruction, reversing the tragic loss of our native forest and facing head-on the many threats caused by climate change.

World Environment Day (5 June 2020) is a reminder of how important it is for each and every one of us to defend our local environment and take up the fight against climate change.