Cooks River Catchment Forum: NSW Election 2027

The Cooks River Catchment Community Collective invite you to a gathering of the community and NSW candidates 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 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)

MC: Bernie Hobbs

Welcome to Country: Yvonne Weldon

Invitations TBC:

• Steve Kamper, ALP Crown Lands

• Jenny Leong, Greens Newtown

• Sophie Cotsis, ALP Canterbury

• Steph Cooke, Liberal Shadow Water and Crown Lands

• Chris Rath, Liberal Shadow Planning & Public Spaces

Confirmed

• Jo Haylen, ALP Summer Hill

• Jacqui Munro, Liberal Shadow Environment Minister

• Sue Higginson, Greens Environment Spokesperson

• Izabella Antoniou, Greens Summer Hill

• Conroy Blood, Greens Canterbury

Apologies

• Paul Scully, ALP Planning & Public Spaces

• Penny Sharpe, ALP Environment

• Rose Jackson, ALP Water

• Jason Yat Sen Li, ALP Strathfield

• Jihad Dib, ALP Bankstown

• 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. 

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