A Minns Labor Government will complete one of Sydney’s largest parks, Wolli Creek Regional Park.
 
Labor will protect the remaining bushlands required to complete the park, ending decades of uncertainty for this area of extremely rare native bushland near the Sydney CBD.
 
In 1998, the Carr Labor Government announced the creation of the Wolli Creek Regional Park to protect bushland in inner South West Sydney.
 
The park is home to diverse ecosystems, such as wetlands, rainforest trees, woodland, open grasslands, mangroves, and endangered saltmarsh communities, as well as wildlife.
 
It is also frequented by residents from all over Sydney.
 
Twenty-four years after its creation however, the park remains incomplete with the park is interrupted by parcels of land that must be acquired and gazetted to complete the park.
 
For 12 years, the Liberal-National Government has ignored community campaigns to bring the remaining portions of land into the park, ensuring the full 50 hectares could be protected into the future.
 
Building on Labor’s record of initially protecting the park in 1998, a Minns Labor Government will protect the remaining 14.73 ha of the Regional Park, ensuring its diverse ecosystems can be enjoyed by generations to come.
 
Communities surrounding the Park are passionate about conserving this piece of natural bushland in the city, having conducted sustained community campaigns and petitions to save the park over the years.
 
This decision by NSW Labor to protect the park will finally finish this long-term project, ensuring local families can enjoy its 4.5km of walking track, precious natural beauty and native habitat, a stone’s throw from the Sydney CBD.
 
NSW Labor Leader Chris Minns said:
 
“Families in south Sydney rely on this extremely rare example of natural landscape for connecting with nature close to home.
 
“The Wolli Creek Regional Park has faced too much uncertainty for too long, it’s past time we had a government that was prepared to finish protecting this important area of natural bushland.
 
“Because of this commitment, the completed Wolli Creek Regional Park will be enjoyed for generations to come.”
 
NSW Shadow Minister for Environment and Heritage Penny Sharpe said:
 
“The Wolli Creek Regional Park has been a neglected, unfinished project for 12 years. Today’s announcement will make sure this rare and beautiful area will be protected forever.
 
“This unique and precious area provides rare and crucial habitat for over 460 plant and animal species that call Wolli Creek Regional Park home, including vulnerable native species like the Grey-Headed Flying Fox and Powerful Owl.
 
“The Wolli Creek Regional Park contains a remarkable diversity of ecosystems that need special protection. There is nothing like it anything nearby, this commitment ensures plants, animals and people alike can enjoy its natural landscapes forever.”

 CHRIS MINNS MP
NSW LABOR LEADER
 
PENNY SHARPE MLC
NSW DEPUTY LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
NSW SHADOW MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT & HERITAGE