Imagine being able to hop on a ferry at Glebe and within minutes being on our beautiful harbour at Circular Quay instead of sitting on a bus fighting the congested roads in peak hour traffic.

Irresponsible cutting by Ausgrid has seen trees on our local streets in Leichhardt brutally hacked back, reducing them to in many cases nothing more than unsightly stumps. It will be years before these trees recover.

The University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney have signed a Heads of Agreement for the Sydney College of Arts (SCA) to merge into UNSW Art and Design.

The college at Callan Park, Rozelle, is to transfer to UNSW Art & Design, with students set to complete their SCA courses at the UNSW campus in Paddington.

The largest single Roads and Transport Infrastructure budget item in the NSW Budget this year is WestConnex with $2.9 billion earmarked this financial year, with nearly $800 million for planning and preconstruction costs.

The Powerhouse Museum is an important part of the city’s cultural life, and to see the building converted into apartments and taken away from the community is a disaster for all Australians.

Scores of trees throughout the streets of Leichhardt have been severely damaged by Ausgrid contractors carrying out so-called “tree trimming” around power lines.

Greens Member for Balmain Jamie Parker MP and Greens Member for Newtown Jenny Leong MP are supporting RPA staff who are calling on hospital administration to ensure they have on-going access to childcare.

MEDIA RELEASE – 9 June 2016

“The decision not to accept any of the proposals to develop the White Bay Power Station is a step forward in ensuring a positive outcome for the renewal of the ten hectares of public harbourside land at White Bay,” said Mr Parker

“The fact that even the overly generous criteria for development established by UrbanGrowth NSW couldn't be met shows just how voracious and out of touch the development industry is.”

Community News winter 2016

Jamie Parker MP, Member for Balmain, and Jenny Leong MP, Member for Newtown, issued the following statement:

On Tuesday May 24, 2016 a peaceful protest was held at the former Marrickville Council Chambers where the state government-appointed Administrator was to conduct the first meeting of the Inner West Council.

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MEDIA RELEASE - May 12, 2016
Commenting on the release of documents from the Powerhouse Museum following a GIPA request, Jamie Parker MP, Member for Balmain, said it exposed the government’s agenda as being a big-ticket real estate deal that will short-change museum patrons and tax-payers alike.