The Cooks River Catchment Community Collective invite you to a Pre-Election Forum on Saturday 7 November 2026.

The forum is an opportunity to hear from key candidates for the 2027 NSW election about their commitment to improving the Cooks River Catchment. The forum will include a roll call of community organisations, testimonies from our communities and negotiations with politicians attending. We will ask decision makers to commit to our asks for specific, concrete post-election action on improved water quality and open green space, renaturalisation rehabilitation of the waterways.

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

When: 2 - 4pm

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

MC: Bernie Hobbs

Welcome to Country: Yvonne Weldon

Invitations:

Penny Sharpe, ALP Environment
Rose Jackson, ALP Water
Steve Kamper, ALP Crown Lands
Jihad Dib, ALP Bankstown
Jenny Leong, Greens Newtown
Izabella Antoniou, Greens Summer Hill
Sophie Cotsis, ALP Canterbury
Steph Cooke, Liberal Shadow Water and Crown Lands
Chris Rath, Liberal Shadow Planning & Public Spaces

Confirmed

Conroy Blood, Greens Canterbury
Jacqui Munro, Liberal Shadow Environment
Jo Haylen, ALP Summer Hill

Apologies

Paul Scully, ALP Planning & Public Spaces
Jason Yat Sen Li, ALP Strathfield
Cate Faehrmann, Greens Member of the Legislative Council

Candidate confirmations will be updated on this page as we receive them. Join us to demonstrate the power of civil society and to take action on this important urban waterway ahead of the state election.

Contact the host of Cooks River Catchment Pre-Election Forum