Have Your Say: 11-storey redevelopment proposed for William Street Leichhardt

Our community deserves well-planned neighbourhoods with affordable homes, green space, and the infrastructure needed to support current and future residents. Disappointingly, both the NSW Labor Government and the Labor-led Inner West Council continue to prioritise developer profits over the needs of our community.  

Right now, a developer is seeking to push through a major development at 40-76 William Street in Leichhardt. This proposal is for 203 apartments across five buildings, up to 11 storeys high, including two levels of basement car parking.

In December 2023, residents took a smaller, 5-storey version of this development to the NSW Land and Environment Court, and it was refused, based on concerns about the inappropriate bulk and height, and significant overshadowing for neighbouring properties. Now, after the NSW Labor Government re-wrote our planning laws, the developer has come back with a new proposal that’s up to six storeys higher. 

While I fully support density done well, we know this current development is deeply flawed. Please feel free to customise this template to contact the Minister for Planning to express your concerns and call for better planning outcomes for Leichhardt. 

Sign our petition. Put people before gambling profits. 

Governments should protect people from gambling harm, not prioritise the profits of the gambling industry.

We know the NSW Labor Government has failed to stop skyrocketing gambling harm in our communities.

NSW residents are on track to lose $10 billion every year to gambling. Gambling harm is stripping local communities of their wealth and their wellbeing, and thousands of families are left picking up the pieces.

Under the current Labor Government, the number of pokies increased by almost 1,000 across NSW. The government is also giving more than $1 billion in tax concessions to poker machine operators this year. 

We're pushing the government to commit to urgent gambling reform to get pokies out of pubs and clubs, to ban gambling advertising and more. 

Please show your support by signing our petition to the NSW Premier, calling on the government to put people before gambling profits. 

The Balmain West Ferry gives residents a quicker and more sustainable option to get into the city. Sign our petition to expand this service to operate on weekends and off-peak. 

Our community deserves world-class public transport that gets us where we want to go, when we want to get there. 

Thanks to sustained pressure from our community, we secured the return of the Balmain West Ferry service to Elliott Street Wharf in 2025. The long-awaited return of this service has already made a huge difference for residents. 

This ferry service is incredibly well-patronised during weekday peaks, and our community is now asking for weekend and off-peak options so they can easily get into the city and leave the car at home. 

With rising transport costs and worsening congestion, there's never been a more important time for the government to invest in improving public transport services.

Please join us in calling on the NSW state government to expand the Balmain West Ferry service to include weekend and off-peak offerings. 

Please sign our petition below to call on the NSW Government to urgently deliver free public transport during the fuel crisis. 

Our community needs urgent relief from skyrocketing transport costs.

That's why I introduced a motion to NSW Parliament calling on the Labor government to make public transport free during the fuel crisis.  

It was incredibly disappointing to see the NSW Premier say he wouldn't consider making public transport free in NSW at this stage. 

Tasmania and Victoria have made public transport free until May, and we know Queensland already has heavily discounted 50-cent fares. NSW should follow the lead of Tasmania and Victoria and provide free public transport during the fuel crisis. 

People are doing it tough, and this would make a real difference. If more people in metropolitan areas were encouraged to use public transport, it would also free up fuel reserves for the regions. It's a win-win. 

Please add your name to our petition to call on the NSW Labor Government to make public transport free during the fuel crisis. 

Sign our petition: Support a better future for Bays West with more social, affordable and public housing and better infrastruture

There is no doubt that Bays West is where new homes should go - above a metro station, close to jobs, close to services, and supported by infrastructure. But delivering just 10% affordable housing on publicly owned land in the middle of the worst housing crisis in generations is not good enough. 

NSW Labor committed to using surplus government-owned land to deliver 30% social, affordable, and universal housing. At Bays West, that commitment has been slashed to just 10%.

This is public land. If we are giving up Sydney Harbour’s last working port for this development, it must deliver genuine public benefit - not become a cash cow for developers or another exclusive waterfront enclave for the wealthy. I'm calling on the NSW Government to deliver at least 30% public, social, and affordable housing at Bays West.  

We also need to ensure the infrastructure is in place to support a growing population. This includes:

• Delivering a new primary school
• Boosting capacity at the local high schools
• Prioritising more public transport
• Expanding walking and cycling infrastructure  

This precinct has faced the brunt of traffic congestion after the opening of the disastrous Rozelle interchange. We cannot afford a repeat. The government must work to minimise car reliance in the Bays Precinct. They also need to consult widely with the community to ensure this new precinct integrates seamlessly with Balmain and Rozelle

And finally, we're pushing them to work with the Unions and local workers to ensure a staged approach to the closure of the Glebe Island Port. Please add your name to our petition to support a more affordable, sustainable vision for the future of Bays West and Glebe Island. 

Sign our petition. No new coal and gas mining in NSW

Our community deserves a safe climate and affordable, renewable energy.

Disappointingly, the NSW Labor Government has lifted the decade-long ban on gas exploration, opening new areas to drilling and slashing application fees for private mining companies from $50,000 to just $1,000.

This is deeply concerning, and will undermine the urgent action we need to tackle the climate crisis. 

New coal and gas will not deliver cheaper energy any time soon. These projects take years to come online, lock in more pollution, and put our climate targets at risk. We also know public money should not be used to support private mining interests. 

Instead, we should be investing in publicly owned renewable energy to bring down bills, strengthen energy security, and build a more sustainable future.

Sign our petition. NSW Nurses and Midwives deserve fair pay and conditions

Our community deserves a health system where nurses and midwives are valued and provided with safe working conditions so they can provide the care we all rely on.

After years of campaigning, NSW nurses and midwives have secured a long-overdue pay rise of 16–28%.

But it doesn’t go far enough. Even after this increase, NSW nurses and midwives are still paid less than their colleagues in Victoria and Queensland. 

With better pay and conditions on offer interstate, we are continuing to lose nurses and midwives to Victoria and Queensland. The result is chronic understaffing, growing workloads, and a health system under pressure. That affects all of us.

It is deeply disappointing that the NSW Government chose to spend years fighting nurses and midwives in the Industrial Relations Commission, rather than simply paying them what they’re worth.

The NSW Labor Government can fix this in the upcoming budget by delivering fair pay, safer staffing, and better conditions for our incredibly hardworking nurses and midwives.

Please sign our petition below to help tackle the influence of lobbyists in NSW Politics. Together, we can protect our democracy.  

Political decisions should be made in the interests of communities, not for lobbyists working on behalf of vested interests like property developers and the gambling industry.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) recommended significant lobbying reforms in 2021 to help address corruption risks and limit the influence of corporate lobbyists on political decision-makers.

Despite having more than two years to enact changes, the NSW Labor Government has not introduced laws to curb the unreasonable influence of lobbying in NSW. We've seen the impacts of this failure, with community-led planning decisions undermined following corporate lobbying on behalf of private developers.

Influence like this undermines democratic processes and brings into question the integrity of our political system. We need to reform lobbying laws to protect our democracy.

That’s why I’ve introduced the Greens bill to restrict the power of lobbyists in NSW Parliament and to implement the long-overdue ICAC recommendations. You can help keep the pressure on the NSW Labor Government to act by adding your name to the petition below. 

Please sign our petition calling on the NSW Labor Government to prioritise restoring the Balmain East Seawall

Our foreshore must be accessible for pedestrians to enjoy, but for two years, the Balmain East Seawall has been out of action. 

I've raised this issue in Parliament and the Government has suggested it will take until at least the end of the year for the path to be re-opened for our community.

Our community deserves better. The Government needs to stop the delays and prioritise restoring this important path so everyone can enjoy the beauty of our harbour.

Please join us in calling on the Government to act now to restore the Balmain East Seawall for our community. 

Sign our petition to stop the cuts to midwives at Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) Hospital Sydney. 

Inner West families deserve access to world-class maternity services, and our nurses and midwives deserve job security. 

Right now, 15-20 full-time midwifery positions are on the chopping block at Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) Hospital here in Sydney. These senseless cuts could also see nine beds in the postnatal ward close as part of the sweeping changes outlined by the Sydney Local Health District. 

We know NSW nurses and midwives are chronically short-staffed and underfunded, with the lowest wages in the country. This move is the latest in a string of bad decisions that could deliver poorer health outcomes for parents and babies.

The NSW Labor Government cannot allow these cuts to proceed. 

Please sign our petition calling on the NSW Health Minister to intervene and prevent these dangerous cuts to midwifery staffing at RPA Hospital.