Luke Foley calls for Greater Sydney Commission to have power to take government land for schools

By Kelsey Munro
Updated July 17 2016 - 10:28am, first published June 24 2016 - 12:46am
NSW Opposition Leader, Luke Foley comments on the the NSW
Budget.
NSW Opposition Leader, Luke Foley comments on the the NSW Budget.

Like many of Sydney's public schools, Lidcombe Public School is bursting at the seams. With surging enrolments, and much of the outdoor space overtaken by demountables, parents were asking questions about the site of the closed motor registry next door, owned by Roads and Maritime Services. Opposition Leader Luke Foley, the local member, says he lobbied the government to make the land available for the school to expand. But the government sold the land to a private company late last year.

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