I joined with staff and parents to support Gonski funding with the Teachers Federation at the Sydney Secondary College’s Leichhardt Campus. 

Dawn Walker, the newest Greens MP, made her inaugural speech in the Upper House of the NSW Parliament on International Women's Day.

Celebrating the women of our area and our community this International Women's Day.

The 2017 Community Heritage Grants program from the National Library of Australia is now open for applications.

Hats off to the hard working people who got up early last Sunday to make our local area more beautiful on Clean Up Australia Day.

As usual Jamie's been out and about around the Balmain electorate, meeting wonderful and passionate local people working on a range of local issues.

In the last two weeks there have been reports in the press regarding the possible $2 billion cost of moving the Powerhouse to Parramatta, and speculation that the government might reconsider the move.

Congratulations to Rozelle Against WestConnex who braved the rain to mount a protest on the footbridge over Victoria Road at Lilyfield Road on Saturday.

Applications are now open for the City of Sydney’s first round grants for 2017. Eligible projects must be located in the City's area or provide significant benefit to the City's residents and businesses.

I have been working with local residents to protect against the proposal for a mid-point tunnel for the WestConnex project in Leichhardt. The two sites proposed were at the Dan Murphy's site in Darley Road and land adjacent to the Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus.

Greens MP for Balmain Jamie Parker has reiterated his call to scrap WestConnex and criticised the latest proposal for a tunnel site near Leichhardt Senior High School as a ruse designed to divide the community.

Now in its 59th year, NSW Seniors Festival is the largest festival for seniors in the Southern Hemisphere, reaching up to 500,000 seniors each year.