Cooks River Catchment Forum: NSW Election 2027

The Cooks River Catchment Community Collective invite you to a gathering of the community and NSW election candidates on Saturday 7 November 2026.

Do you want to know what Labor, Liberals and the Greens are doing for the Cooks River?

The forum is your opportunity to hear from key candidates for the 2027 NSW election about their commitment to improving the Cooks River Catchment. The forum will include an overview of current Cooks River issues, a roll call of community organisations, and plenty of time for you to ask questions of the politicians attending. We will be asking decision makers to commit to specific action on improving water quality, open green space, and renaturalisation and rehabilitation of the steel and concrete lined waterways.

Where: Rowers on Cooks River, 1 Levey Street Wolli Creek

When: 2 - 4pm (music on arrival from 145pm so get there early if you can)

Cost: Free! (limit to 4 tickets per person)

Music: AJ Stanton

MC: Bernie Hobbs

Welcome to Country: Yvonne Weldon

Confirmed speakers

• Jo Haylen, Labor Summer Hill MP

• Sue Higginson, Greens Environment Spokesperson

• Izabella Antoniou, Greens candidate Summer Hill

• Conroy Blood, Greens candidate Canterbury

Invitations TBC:

• Felicity Wilson, Liberal, Shadow Environment Minister (since October 2026)

• Chris Rath, Liberal Shadow Planning & Public Spaces

• Steve Kamper, Labor, Crown Lands

• Sophie Cotsis, Labor, Canterbury MP

Candidate confirmations will be updated on this page as we receive them. The NSW Liberals had a restructure in October 2026 and Jacqui Munro is no longer Shadow Minister for the Environment. Join us to demonstrate the power of civil society and to take action on this important urban waterway ahead of the state election. 

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