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MEDIA RELEASE – March 3, 2016
Commenting on the impending release of details of two new motorway interchanges, Greens MP for Balmain, Jamie Parker, said the impact of WestConnex on the inner west communities was unacceptable and needs to be halted.

“This tollroad will have devastating impacts on our communities, will create traffic chaos and will increase toxic pollution. It is a financial black hole and unless stopped, will create grievous problems for generations to come. ” - Jamie Parker

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MEDIA RELEASE – February 18, 2016

Thursday’s release of the Auditor-General’s Performance Audit has confirmed the two business cases for Service NSW were dodgy and the program has delivered little benefit to the people of NSW.

Media release – February 17, 2016

A long-held goal of delivering more active recreation space in the densely populated inner west of Sydney came closer to reality today.

MEDIA RELEASE - February 11, 2016
Jamie Parker MP, Member for Balmain and Greens anti-corruption spokesperson, today called for the release of the telephone intercepts at the centre of the public hearing, after the ICAC provided the joint parliamentary Committee on the Independent Committee Against Corruption with its evidence for Operation Hale.


[at right: media waiting for start of public hearing. Photo: Jamie Parker]

MEDIA RELEASE – February 10, 2016
Thursday’s public hearing by NSW Parliament’s Committee on the Independent Commission Against Corruption is nothing more than a political show trial designed to undermine the corruption-fighting work of the ICAC.

INNER WEST COURIER, FEB 9

By Eliza Barr

FED-UP school students who pay $14 a week to travel on light rail are petitioning the State Government to put an end to the discrepancy.

SIGN OUR PETITION TO ALLOW STUDENTS FREE TRAVEL ON LIGHT RAIL

Jamie Parker and Jenny Leong, Member for Newtown, made a joint submission in response to the latest Environmental Impact Statement for the the New M5, the section of toll road between Kingsgrove and St Peters.

A big thank you to the community groups and local residents who contributed a remarkable 9000 submissions to the Department of Planning by last Friday’s deadline!

You can read Jamie and Jenny's submission in full here.

The NSW state government is proposing changes to the cost of public transport which will see self-funded retirees stripped of Gold Opal cards and pensioners paying more for public transport.

You may be aware that the NSW Government recently commissioned IPART (Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal) to review the cost of passenger travel when using the Opal Card.

Changes to bus services - have your say by Friday 29 Jan | New M5 EIS - make a submission here by Friday 29 Jan | A metre matters and other new road rules from March | Petition to allow school travel on light rail | Campaign to save the Powerhouse continues

The WestConnex New M5 St Peters Interchange Environmental Impact Statement ["EIS"] is currently on public exhibition until 29 January 2016 and I urge you to make a submission. Every EIS submission opposing this project could make a difference.

I have been working for 10 years to ensure that redevelopment of the Balmain Tigers site is appropriate and sustainable. 

When Mayor of Leichhardt Council I was on the Joint Regional Planning Panel which unanimously rejected a 2010 application that was half the size of subsequent proposals from Rozelle Village Pty Ltd. 

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