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.

Shadow Minister for Natural Resources, Paul Scully, has welcomed the increase in the mining workforce across New South Wales over the last financial year.

Despite promising before the election that there would be no privatisations, Liberal Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been caught out lying about plans to privatise NSW Forestry Corporation. 

The NSW Labor Opposition is deeply concerned that the Berejiklian Barilaro Government has taken a step closer towards the privatisation of the Forestry Corporation. 

NSW Labor Leader Jodi McKay says coal will remain a significant contributor to the NSW economy and continue to provide jobs in the Hunter for decades to come. 

The crisis-stricken Berejiklian-Barilaro Government has all but confirmed in Parliament today that it is about to sell off Forestry Corporation, endangering the jobs of hundreds of workers across NSW. 

NSW Labor will oppose the Berejiklian Government's next round of privatisations - which were floated on an overseas trade delegation by Premier Gladys Berejiklian.

The NSW Labor Opposition is calling on Acting Premier John Barilaro to announce Round 6 funding grants under the Resources for Regions program so mining communities in New South Wales have access to a speedy economic boost to their local areas. 

The NSW Labor Opposition has called on the Berejiklian-Barilaro Government to fast track any infrastructure projects it has been considering, including any Resources for Regions program funding applications, to help to Cobar community recover from job cuts. 

I am delighted to have been appointed to Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Natural Resources by NSW Labor Leader, Jodi McKay MP. I appreciate her confidence in me.