This week a parliamentary inquiry into WestCONnex was announced. Thanks to all of you who have signed our petition, the hard work of Jenny Leong, and the NSW upper house MP's who supported it. Submissions to the inquiry are open until 31 August 2018. Of course this is no silver bullet, but it's another important step along the way to our ultimate goal to stop westCONnex completely and get the public and active transport solutions Sydney really needs.

As the numbers in parliament reached a majority, Luke Foley then announced that if elected in 2019, a Labor government would hold a judicial inquiry into WestCONnex. This is also very welcomed but falls short of the community's expectation. Internally, the Inner West Labor Environment Action Network drafted a strong motion for the upcoming state Labor conference that was unacceptably watered down before reaching the conference papers (see p70). This is despite 1200 emails to Luke Foley asking for a commitment to stop stage 3 and the privatisation. Emails have also been sent to all the key state Labor MPs and 'Local Labor Against WestCONnex' councillors asking for their support.

Join us outside the NSW State Labor Conference at Sydney Town Hall on Saturday June 30th at 10am for a peaceful gathering. We will be handing out a leaflet calling on delegates to amend the policy platform to commit to halt WestCONnex, reverse privatisation and establish a Royal Commission into transport planning in NSW. Strong statements now could land a decisive blow to the impending sale of Sydney Motorway Corporation. Such actions do not come without costs, but the risks are not nearly as great as going ahead with the major disaster that is WestCONnex.

What: Stop WestCONnex action at NSW Labor State Conference
Where: Sydney Town Hall steps
When: Saturday June 30th, 10-11am

In the meantime, the DoGooder petition to Luke Foley has been updated, so please use it to send another email. See you next Saturday. If you can't make it but would still like to help with costs, please make a donation here. We greatly appreciate your support.

NoWestConnex: Public Transport · Australia