Media Releases
Opinion: Solutions are at hand if government heeds advice
Posted by Melissa Mcintosh · February 13, 2024 1:51 PM
Published in The Daily Telegraph, 13 February 2024
When I nominated Long COVID as the first inquiry of the Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care...
Deadline looms - only hours left for communities to have their say on flight paths
Posted by Melissa Mcintosh · January 31, 2024 4:07 PM
Today the people of Western Sydney have a looming deadline overhead, one that will change lives and livelihoods forever.
Last chance: one week left for EIS submissions on Western Sydney International Airport flight paths
Posted by Melissa Mcintosh · January 24, 2024 4:04 PM
The deadline is fast approaching with one week left for local residents to have their say on the draft 2023 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for...
Opinion: Mental Health and the Cost of Living Crisis
Posted by Melissa Mcintosh · December 22, 2023 3:58 PM
Published in The Daily Telegraph, 22 December 2023
Despite the tinsel and carols, many won't be celebrating Christmas this year with their usual festive spirit;...
The Albanese Labor Government fails to deliver a real mental health plan in a cost of living crisis
Posted by Melissa Mcintosh · December 15, 2023 3:51 PM
It has taken a full year for Health Minister Mark Butler to announce his plans for mental health after halving Better Access Medicare-subsidised psychology sessions...
The Albanese Labor Government cuts vital infrastructure projects in Lindsay
Posted by Melissa Mcintosh · November 16, 2023 3:19 PM
After much delay, being day 200 of Labor’s 90 Day Infrastructure Review, the Albanese Government has today confirmed it doesn’t care about the people of...
Lindsay most impacted by Labor's preliminary flight paths EIS for Western Sydney International Airport
Posted by Melissa Mcintosh · October 24, 2023 3:00 PM
Comments on the Labor Government’s EIS released for Western Sydney International Airport’s preliminary flight paths
Just past midnight, Infrastructure Minister Catherine King released to the media...
Mental health recommendations regarding school refusals
Posted by Melissa McIntosh · October 21, 2023 8:37 AM
The Shadow Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Melissa McIntosh MP, welcomes the recommendations of the Senate’s Education and Employment References...
Western Sydney says No to the Voice
Posted by Melissa McIntosh · October 21, 2023 8:28 AM
Over 600 Western Sydney community members will come together in Blacktown this evening to hear from Indigenous leaders Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Senator Kerrynne Liddle...