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Media Release | Tuesday, 15 May 2012

NSW LABOR OPPOSITION LAUNCHES PETITION TO SAVE COUNTRYLINK

Shadow Minister for Transport, Penny Sharpe MLC and Shadow Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Services, Mick Veitch will today join local residents at Bathurst Station to demand the O'Farrell Stoner Government rule out privatising CountryLink rail services.

Ms Sharpe and Mr Veitch are in Bathurst to launch a petition calling for CountryLink to remain in public hands.

"The O'Farrell Stoner Government has been considering plans that would see CountryLink separated from the rest of RailCorp to make it easier to sell off to the private sector," Ms Sharpe said.

"We are calling on the O'Farrell Stoner Government to rule out selling off CountryLink to the private sector today.

MEDIA RELEASE, Friday, 20 April 2012

Member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek MP
Adam Searle, Shadow Minister for Housing
Penny Sharpe MLC, Labor Duty MLC for Sydney

RESIDENTS UNITE TO STOP PREMIER FROM GOUGING CARBON PRICE SUPPLEMENT FROM PENSIONERS

Member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek MP, Shadow Minister for Housing Adam Searle and Duty MLC for Sydney, Penny Sharpe today joined residents at the Northcott Estate in Surry Hills to launch a petition calling on the O'Farrell Government not to increase public housing rents when the pension is increased to offset costs associated with the carbon tax.

The O'Farrell Government has refused rule out hiking up public housing rents when the carbon pricing supplement flows through to pensioners next month.

"This is just another cash grab from a heartless State Government that doesn't care about pensioners," Shadow Housing Minister, Adam Searle said today.

JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Friday, 24 February 2012
John Robertson MP, Leader of the Opposition & Penny Sharpe MLC, Shadow Minister for Transport

MAITLAND STATION AT RISK OF LOSING ALL STAFF  -
GOVERNMENT COST-CUTTING ENDANGERS SAFETY AND PLATFORM ACCESS FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED

Maitland Station risks losing all staff under the O'Farrell Government's cost-cutting review of RailCorp – which will lead to unsafe stations and no special assistance for the disabled and elderly, Opposition Leader John Robertson said today.

On a visit to Maitland Station with Shadow Transport Minister Penny Sharpe and Cessnock MP Clayton Barr, Mr Robertson confirmed that other local stations in the firing line are East Maitland, Telerah, Thornton and Victoria Street.

Media Release Friday, 24 February 2012

OURIMBAH STATION AT RISK OF LOSING ALL STAFF 

GOVERNMENT COST-CUTTING ENDANGERS SAFETY AND PLATFORM ACCESS FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED

Ourimbah Station risks losing all staff under the O'Farrell Government's cost-cutting review of RailCorp – which will lead to unsafe stations and no special assistance for the disabled and elderly, Opposition Leader John Robertson said today.

Mr Robertson was joined on a visit to Ourimbah Station today by Penny Sharpe, Shadow Minister for Transport and David Lord of the Central Coast Commuters' Association.