Workers Comp and the Dust Diseases Board
The right to work safely is one of the principal rights we expect as Australians. Whether we work in mines, construction sites, hospitals, schools or offices, we all rightly expect to be safe in our day-to-day work. Thankfully, the vast majority of us get through every day—working hard to provide for ourselves and our families—without incident, and return home safely.
Read moreHaylen welcomes parking permit scheme for care workers
Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, welcomes the commencement of a new dedicated parking permit scheme for care workers assisting elderly and disabled residents.
Read moreSurplus over safety: Still no commitment to stack filtration
Member for Summer Hill, Jo Haylen has condemned the Baird Government’s refusal to filter the exhaust stacks for the M4 Tunnel in the face of reports of a $2.1 billion surplus in today’s budget.
Read moreTime to thank carers, our unsung heroes
Jo Haylen, Member for Summer Hill, today urged local residents to nominate individuals or organisations who are unpaid or informal carers for the NSW Carers Awards.
Read moreInaugural Speech to the NSW Parliament
The Member for Summer Hill, Jo Haylen, has given her inaugural speech to the NSW State Parliament.
Read moreJo Haylen to Speak at Local Community Forum on Round-The-Clock RNs in Aged Care
This Wednesday, Labor Candidate for Summer Hill Jo Haylen, will speak at a community forum supporting the requirement for all aged care facilities in NSW to have a registered nurse on duty at all times.
Read moreLabor to allow trained pharmacists to administer flu vaccine in Inner West
Labor Candidate for Summer Hill Jo Haylen said today that allowing trained pharmacists to administer flu vaccines was a visionary idea that would boost local vaccination rates and general community health in the inner west.
Read moreNSW Labor to abolish chemotherapy co-payment, removing the financial burden from cancer patients
Labor Candidate for Summer Hill, Jo Haylen, has welcomed the announcement that a Foley Labor Government would abolish the chemotherapy co-payment for all cancer patients in NSW public hospitals.
Read moreBaird abandons emergency department targets as Abbott cuts funding
Over the summer break the Baird Government secretly dropped its national benchmark of treating 90 per cent of NSW hospital emergency patients within four hours.
Read moreGirls Only having a blast with T20 cricket
Councillor Jo Haylen today joined young women from the T20 Blast- Girls Only to celebrate their success so far with renowned Australian cricketer, Alyssa Healy.
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