Parliament Wrap: The Good News Edition
It's not often we have good news from the NSW Parliament, but this sitting was an exception.
Jenny Leong's motion on Housing as a Human Right passes the lower house
The NSW Lower House has unanimously supported a motion from Jenny Leong MP, Member for Newtown calling on the Government to treat housing as a Human Right, not as an avenue for profit.
Jenny Leong MP asks the Premier about underspending on Climate Change
Jenny Leong MP, Member for Newtown asked the Premier to explain why for the third year in a row the New South Wales Government has under-spent the Climate Change Fund.
Jenny Leong MP on Housing as a Human Right
Jenny Leong MP, Member for Newtown put a motion calling on the Government to treat housing as a Human Right, not as an avenue for profit. The Liberal Government needs to take responsibility for providing safe, secure, habitable and affordable housing for residents of NSW.
Jenny Leong MP on responses to child sexual abuse
Jenny Leong MP, Member for Newtown spoke on behalf of the Greens in support of the bill, but flagged that there is much room for improvement.
Male Violence
Today Jenny Leong MP, Member for Newtown made sure the government was aware of the shocking rates of male violence against women in our society. Women in Australia are being assaulted and murdered by men everyday and it is not up to women to the fix that.
Jenny Leong MP Supports the Strengthening of Anti-Discrimination Laws
Jenny Leong MP, Member for Newtown spoke in behalf of the Greens in support of a bill to strengthen anti-discrimination laws in NSW. The bill creates an offence of inciting violence against a person or group of people on the grounds of race, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status or HIV or AIDS status.
Greens Secure WestConnex Inquiry
MEDIA RELEASE 21 June 2018 After years of community pressure for this disastrous, polluting tollroad project to be investigated, Greens Member for Newtown Jenny Leong MP, NSW Greens spokesperson on WestConnex and Dr Mehreen Faruqi, NSW Greens spokesperson on Transport, have welcomed this development believing it’s long overdue for the horrors of this project to be exposed. Jenny Leong MP said: “For months we have been working behind the scenes in the parliament – and supporting the community push - to get up an inquiry into WestConnex – so it is very welcome that it is now finally happening.
Liberals Shameful Blame Shifting on Public Housing
Greens NSW Housing spokesperson Jenny Leong MP has called the Residential Tenancies Act (Social Housing) Bill introduced by NSW Social Housing Minister Goward today as nothing short of blame shifting. “This bill is nothing more than an attempt by the Minister to shift the responsibility for the decade long waiting lists and maintenance failures on to the tenants of public and social housing – when really it is her and the Liberals that are failing people.
Greens: Hey Premier, If Homelessness is a Real Priority You Actually Need to Invest in Housing
NSW Greens Housing spokesperson and Member for Newtown, Jenny Leong MP has called out the failure of the NSW Liberal budget to address systemic housing issues while talking up a $3.9 billion surplus.“It is meaningless for the Premier to identify homelessness as one of her priorities if she is not willing to invest to actually address the housing crisis in our state, especially when the budget surplus this year is $3.9 billion.”
Liberal Budget Delivers Surplus but Fails to Deliver on Community Needs
NSW Greens Member for Newtown Jenny Leong MP and NSW Greens Member for Balmain, Jamie Parker MP condemn the NSW Liberal budget which boasts a $3.9 billion surplus but fails to deliver on basic community needs or crucial priorities for the state. Responding to the NSW Budget, Jenny Leong MP said: “The Liberal’s budget speech did not mention climate change once and that’s indicative of the thinking behind this budget – it’s one that could have been written in the 50’s with massive funding for private toll roads and a failure to recognise the real needs of the community, she said.
Private Interests Continue to Dictate the NSW Transport Agenda
Greens NSW MP and Transport Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC and Greens NSW MP, Member for Newtown and WestConnex spokesperson, Jenny Leong, have reacted to the NSW Budget announcements on funding for WestConnex, the F6, Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link.
GREENS: LIBERAL SPIN WON'T HELP HOMELESS
Greens NSW Housing and Homelessness spokesperson Jenny Leong MP has called out the NSW Liberal’s announcement today which reports a ‘$1 Billion Boost for Sydney’s Rough Sleepers’ as nothing short of spin.“The current approach to homelessness in NSW has been a disaster with a 37% increase in homelessness while the Liberals have been in charge," Jenny Leong MP said. “What’s been announced today seems to be basically business as usual, with the Liberals trying to big talk their spend as $1 billion for homelessness, when in reality this announcement seems to only have $61 million in new money over four years.“The Minister for Family and Community Services and Social Housing knows full well that helping people with their housing applications, assisting them with temporary accomodation or connecting them with services aren’t genuine solutions when these systems are already in crisis.“There are over 100,000 people currently approved for housing languishing on the decade long waiting list, and services providing crisis accomodation and support are already overstretched and unable to meet demand.”"It is nothing short of spin to try to present this as a billion dollar boost for homelessness when much of what is 'announced' is not new and already isn't working to reduce homelessness.“The Greens are committed to a Housing First approach to homelessness - we need a massive overhaul of the current approach, a significant boost in investment in social and affordable housing as well as increased funding for the services that support those who don’t have a place to call home.”
Jenny Leong MP asks the Police Minister about Sniffer Dogs
In response to an announcement from the NSW Police that they will confiscate festival tickets from anyone searched after a dog indicates, even if no drugs are found, Jenny asked the Police Minister under what law they could do this.
Banning Harassment and Intimidation of Women outside Reproductive Health Clinics
Jenny spoke in support of implementing safe access zones outside of reproductive health clinics in NSW.
