NSW Labor has challenged the Nationals Party Leader, John Barilaro, to stand up and protect forestry workers in rural and regional New South Wales by shelving the proposed sell-off of Forestry Corporation for good. 

The NSW Labor Opposition has called on the Deputy Premier John Barilaro to direct Forestry Corporation to contribute to the costs of replacing fence lines damaged by fire on land it shares with private landholders. 

NSW Labor has heaped praise on Forestry Corporation staff who are among the agencies helping fight fires across New South Wales. 

The NSW Labor Opposition has warned 26 rural and regional councils are at risk of going bankrupt if they're forced to foot the bill for forestry roads as a result of the proposed sale of Forestry Corporation by the NSW Liberal Nationals Government. 

The NSW Labor Opposition has demanded the NSW Liberal and Nationals Government table the scoping study report it has commissioned into the sell-off of the Forestry Corporation in the Legislative Assembly and face a vote on whether it should be sold off. 

Secret internal documents leaked to the NSW Labor Opposition reveal the Liberal Berejiklian Government has failed to fill more than 100 frontline firefighting positions in national parks across the state, 17 of those from the South Coast. 

The NSW Liberal and Nationals Government is sitting on $24 million in funding meant for resource regions at a time when many rural and regional areas are crying out for infrastructure investment. 

The Berejiklian-Barilaro Liberal National Government has been exposed dudding regional NSW, after it emerged that almost half of the $50 million Resources for Regions funding has yet to be spent in Regional NSW. 

NSW Labor welcomes the review of the operations of the Independent Planning Commission. 

NSW Labor Deputy Leader Yasmin Catley and Shadow Minister for Natural Resources Paul Scully, today declared Labor will fight to defend Forestry Corporation jobs in Bathurst.