Media Releases

The truth about planning reforms and heritage protection

12 March 2024

The Minister for Planning and Public Spaces today corrected misinformation in the public domain regarding the effect of the government’s Low and Midrise planning reforms on heritage protection.

Revised redevelopment plans for Riverwood Estate to better meet community expectations

09 March 2024

The NSW Government is getting on with the job of delivering and upgrading social and affordable homes in Riverwood.

2024 Wollongong Electorate Local Woman of the Year

08 March 2024

On International Women’s Day, Member for Wollongong, Paul Scully, has named Maria Di Carlo, Manager of Berkeley Neighbourhood Centre, as the 2024 Wollongong Electorate Local Woman of the Year.

Another outrageous claim on planning reforms

06 March 2024

Reports today that the entire Inner West local government area will be reshaped to only include midrise apartment blocks are completely misleading, fanciful and designed to scaremonger.

White Bay Power Station Ready to Power Up Sydney with Cultural and Community Events

04 March 2024

This week, Sydneysiders will be given the opportunity to visit one of the city’s most historic landmarks reimagined, the White Bay Power Station, with 2024 Biennale opening this Saturday.

Clean energy projects up and running to power 1.5 million homes

01 March 2024

The NSW Labor Government is on track to deliver enough renewable energy to power more than 1.5 million NSW homes, following multiple NSW Government approvals of wind and solar projects in 2023.

Locking another generation out of housing is not the answer

29 February 2024

Today, it has been revealed that the Member for Ryde Jordan Lane and the Liberal run Ryde Council have voted down their own council CEO’s alternate housing plan.

SS Nemesis: 120-year-old shipwreck mystery solved and search for relatives begins

25 February 2024

The 120-year-old mystery of SS Nemesis and the 32 crew members lost at sea has been solved, with the accidental discovery and subsequent identification of a shipwreck in waters off Port Kembla.

Have your say on Sydney’s new central park

25 February 2024

Sydneysiders are invited to share their ideas on plans for a new public park which will transform 20 hectares of Moore Park South into green open space for community recreation in one of the densest parts of the city.

NSW Planning approval gives Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 the green light

23 February 2024

Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 is moving ahead, with planning approval granted for the game-changing megaproject for Western Sydney.