Pauline Lockie has spoken out hundreds of times on behalf of our community about issues and opportunities in the Inner West. Here are some highlights of her work.
Print / digital
2021
WestConnex activist to Deputy Mayor: Pauline Lockie hopes her road through Inner West Council continues | City Hub | Oct 2021
Turning off parking meters again to cost Inner West Council up to $640,000 in lost revenue | City Hub | Oct 2021
Inner West: Council to hold NSW Government accountable for contaminated WestConnex Park | City Hub | Sep 2021
High hopes new Inner West Mayoral positions will reset Council culture | City Hub | Sep 2021
Inner West Councillors oust controversial mayor Darcy Byrne | SMH | Sep 2021
'Hollow promises': Years after opening, WestConnex tunnel conditions still not met | SMH | Aug 2021
Inner West mayor's pay suspended over conflict of interest | SMH | Aug 2021
Inner West councillors call for investigation of contamination at the WestConnex St Peters interchange park | Inner West Courier | Aug 2021
One for the books: a victory sweeter than fiction for Newtown bookstore workers | City Hub | Aug 2021
Byrne tells NCAT he did not understand conflict of interest rules | City Hub | July 2021
Inner West Independents say local suffers when party politics thrive | City Hub | July 2021
Darcy Byrne: Watchdog wants Inner West Mayor suspended | Inner West Courier | July 2021
'I got it wrong': Sydney mayor regrets remarks in social media stoush | SMH | July 2021
Inner West next in line for deep excavation risks | City Hub | July 2021
Tempe Reserve: Plans approved to segregate 'big dogs' in park | Inner West Courier | July 2021
St Peters parklands meant to compensate for WestConnex are contaminated, says environmental scientist | City Hub | July 2021
More than just books: Community applauds Marrickville Library's international award nomination | City Hub | July 2021
Contamination fears create deadlock on oversight of WestConnex parks | SMH | July 2021
Inner West Mayor guilty of misconduct, finds Tribunal | City Hub | May 2021
‘Unethical and improper’: Inner West mayor had conflict of interest over call for apology, tribunal finds | SMH | May 2021
Trees “massacred” in Inner West while climate crisis worsens | City Hub | Apr 2021
Signs of the times: #RACISMNOTWELCOME | City Hub | Mar 2021
Mayor Byrne feels the burn | City Hub | Feb 2021
'Abuse of power': Inner West mayor fights possible suspension | SMH | Feb 2021
Anti-racism street signs delivering powerful message throughout Sydney's inner west | ABC | Feb 2021
Inner West Council slash meetings in 2021 | City Hub | Jan 2021
'People are shocked': Sydney homeowners divided over rates plans | SMH | Jan 2021
Rates harmonisation winners and losers | City Hub | Jan 2021
2020
Inner West councillors clash over skate park | CityHub | Dec 2020
Golfers come out swinging over plan to halve inner Sydney golf course | SMH | Sep 2020
WestConnex park's opening delayed after rain erodes hill built from waste | SMH | Aug 2020
Tree removals surge in Sydney's inner west under council clearing policy | SMH | Aug 2020
WestCon's M8 dustup | City Hub | Jul 2020
Australian council bans sale of controversial garment | Ragtrader | Jun 2020
Calls to drop Religious Discrimination Bill after US ruling | Star Observer | Jun 2020
Project to stop WestConnex traffic clogging Newtown stuck in slow lane | SMH | Jun 2020
Inner West Council votes 'no' to Religious Discrimination Bill | Star Observer | Apr 2020
Après sa victoire en appel, le cardinal Pell a retrouvé la liberté | Le Temps | Apr 2020 (French)
'Crumbling around us': Owners in dire straits from WestConnex cracking | Apr 2020
Coronavirus catering: from dine-in to take-away | City Hub | Mar 2020
Sydney councils focused on core jobs: roads, rates and rubbish | SMH | Mar 2020
Darcy Byrne: Inner West mayor in code of conduct complaint | Inner West Courier | Mar 2020
Passas issues reluctant apology | City Hub | Mar 2020
WestConnex privatisation likely | City Hub | Mar 2020
The strange case of the illegible logo | City Hub | Mar 2020
The media is once again failing a female victim of domestic violence | Junkee | Feb 2020
Sleepless nights as WestConnex breaks curfew | City Hub | Feb 2020
Yabun calling as Australia Day becomes history | City Hub | Jan 2020
2019
Cyclists fear for safety as inner west traffic worsens | SMH | Dec 2019
Sydney news: Drug and alcohol testing before Council meetings | ABC News | Dec 2019
Tek's turfed out | AltMedia | Nov 2019
'The right thing to do': Sydney council drops Australia Day celebrations | SMH | Nov 2019
First Sydney council drops Australia Day | Mandurah Mail | Nov 2019
Metro tree felling fallout | AltMedia | Nov 2019
Inner West Council moves Australia Day celebrations | AltMedia | Nov 2019
Glebe Island dust-up | AltMedia | Oct 2019
'Crazy stuff': Residents' fears grow over motorway tunnels under homes | SMH | Oct 2019
WestConn builders: Environmental Offenders | AltMedia | Oct 2019
Inner West Council mayor adjourns meeting as tree policy tensions boil over | SMH | Sep 2019
'Fire sale': Inner west council buildings to be sized up by developers | SMH | Sep 2019
'Just jokes': Councillor's great wall of cheek | Inner West Courier | Aug 2019
'King Street is dying': Newtown retailers shut up shop | SMH | Aug 2019
Back to the drawing board for live music pilot program | Inner West Courier | Jun 2019
Inner West Council to vote on whether to spend $150K on live music grants | Inner West Courier | Jun 2019
Berejiklian Govt stomps on transparency | AltMedia | Jun 2019
Albanese staffer wins defamation apology from Facebook page host | SMH | Jun 2019
Weedkiller on trial | AltMedia | Jun 2019
Infrastructure and transport heavyweight Michael Deegan backs satellite technology for WestConnex | Inner West Courier | Apr 2019
WestConnex class action | AltMedia | Apr 2019
'Clearly in breach': WestConnex public transport conditions not met | SMH | Apr 2019
Inner West Council moves to protect Sydney's heritage pubs | SMH | Apr 2019
Inner West Council meeting cut short after councillors walk out | Inner West Courier | Mar 2019
Residents demand WestConnex contracts be ripped up | Green Left Weekly | Mar 2019
'Closer to homes': Sydney residents shocked as WestConnex tunnel depths shrink | SMH | Feb 2019
NBN blamed for ruining heritage-listed footpaths in inner Sydney | ABC News | Feb 2019
Inner West Council to trial booze ban, toilets for Camperdown Memorial Rest Park | Inner West Courier | Jan 2019
2018
WestConnex construction causing depression and asthma, residents claim | ABC News | Nov 2018
Inner West Council announces Pride Seat dedications and gateway mural | Star Observer | Nov 2018
Familiar, sad tale | SMH Letters | Oct 2018
Proposals to tackle problems at Camperdown Park | Inner West Courier | Oct 2018
Amalgamation report card troubles IWC | City Hub | Oct 2018
Landmark creative hub scaled back to protect existing jobs | Inner West Courier | Sep 2018
Urgent works needed to fix Dawn Fraser Baths | Inner West Courier | Aug 2018
‘Not too late’ to stop WestConnex disaster, forum told | Green Left Weekly | Aug 2018
'World's worst park': WestConnex's new St Peters spaghetti junction | SMH | Aug 2018
Earplugs for residents affected by WestConnex | Nine.com.au | Aug 2018
Police investigate threats after magistrate finds Newtown George Michael mural attacker guilty | Inner West Courier | Jul 2018
Independence comes at a cost | AltMedia | Jul 2018
Inner West Council to take no action over deputy mayor's alleged homophobic abuse | SMH | Jul 2018
Four twenty-two: Privatise it? | Honi Soit | Jul 2018
Inner West Council calls for nominations for Pride Seat dedications | Star Observer | Jun 2018
Pride Seats dedicated to queer champions to be installed around Sydney's inner west | Star Observer | Jun 2018
WestConnex stage 3 rorts begin | AltMedia | May 2018
Final stage of WestConnex approved | Inner West Courier | Apr 2018
Haberfield in a haze over WestConnex | AltMedia | Apr 2018
'Rage Against WestConnex' rally slams tollway threats | Green Left Weekly | Apr 2018
Inner West Council to install Pride Seats in recognition of the region's LGBTIQ community | Inner West Courier | Mar 2018
Council crushes cottages | AltMedia | Mar 2018
Creative conflict | AltMedia | Feb 2018
Inner West Council first Sydney council to debate ditching Australia Day celebrations | SMH | Jan 2018
Council merge splurge diverge | AltMedia | Jan 2018
2017
Small bars or small factories? The tough question facing Sydney's inner west | SMH | Dec 2017
Owner of Olympia Milk Bar in Sydney's inner west inundated with offers to help reopen it | Commercial Real Estate | Dec 2017
Liberal with her mouth | AltMedia | Nov 2017
Sleepless in St Peters | Inner West Courier | Nov 2017
Inner West deputy mayor Julie Passas in homophobic abuse controversy | SMH | Nov 2017
SSM: Lewd Tony Abbott, George Pell mural on Sydney's Botany View Hotel graffitied | ABC | Nov 2017
'Sexual' Tony Abbott and Cardinal George Pell mural painted over | Central Sydney | Nov 2017
Inner West Council rejects Christian Lobby's LGBT grants objections | SMH | Nov 2017
Australian Christian Lobby targets Inner West Council over LGBTIQ programs | Inner West Courier | Nov 2017
Inner West Council demerger urged | AltMedia | Nov 2017
Inner West Council backs City of Sydney’s plans for late night trading on King Street | Inner West Courier | Oct 2017
Investors demand more WestConnex detail as M4-M5 link EIS submissions close | AFR | Oct 2017
Residents urge action, not bluster, on WestConnex | Green Left Weekly | Oct 2017
Mayhem in Marrickville | AltMedia | Oct 2017
Inner west Labor-Liberal pact | AltMedia | Sep 2017
Labor wins inner west mayoralty after power-sharing deal with Liberals | SMH | Sep 2017
Labor-Liberal alliance on the cards as parties try to 'lock out' Greens | Inner West Courier | Sep 2017
Development under threat as power shifts | Daily Telegraph | Sep 2017
Independents day of reckoning in the inner west | AltMedia | Sep 2017
WestConnex pollution on the rise | AltMedia | Aug 2017
Independents running for Inner West Council snag high-profile support | Inner West Courier | Jul 2017
WestConnex: The stink of controversy that fails to go away | The Guardian | Jul 2017
Horrible stench shows lack of empathy for locals | AltMedia | Jun 2017
WestConnex works stench | SMH | Jun 2017
Changing suburbs | House & Garden | May 2017
WestConnex: bitter battles mark the road to Australia's urban future | The Guardian | Apr 2017
Parramatta Rd: Boulevard of broken budgets | AltMedia | Apr 2017
WestConnex road widening triggers need to insulate apartments in inner Sydney | SMH | Mar 2017
Contractors ordered to fix 'rotten egg' smell at WestConnex site after St Peters residents complain | SMH | Mar 2017
Terrible ‘rotten egg’ smells coming from St Peters interchange construction site puts WestConnex on the nose | IWC | Mar 2017
WestConnex wasting public money with AFL team sponsorship, critics say | The Guardian | Mar 2017
Auditor slams $3.5b WestConnex funding | news.com.au | Feb 2017
Asbestos clouds WestConnex’s reputation | AltMedia | Feb 2017
Mike Baird resignation | ABC | Jan 2017
WestConnex: Richard Moras fed up with workers wrongly identifying his St Peters house to be demolished | news.com.au | Jan 2017
2016
Compulsory acquisitions owners get more time, money but fairness questions remain | SMH | Oct 2016
Thousands turn out to force 'Casino' Mike Baird's hand on lock out, CSG, WestConnex, and councils | New Matilda | May 2016
Opposition to WestConnex grows as council blocks contractors from streets | SMH | Apr 2016
Baird government labelled 'secret state' as information increasingly blocked | Sun-Herald | Feb 2016
2015
Clean-up of asbestos on WestConnex site in St Peters under scrutiny | SMH | Sep 2015
Residents offered far below market value for homes needed for WestConnex, lawyer says | SMH | Jul 2015
Haberfield and Homebush set for pollution stacks as M4 East Tunnel plans revealed | SMH | Jun 2015
2014
‘It beggars belief’: St Peters family told they could lose home to WestConnex acquisitions | Inner West Courier (IWC) | Nov 2014
TV
WestConnex nightmare | 9 News Sydney | Aug 2018
WestConnex Stage 3 approved | ABC News | Apr 2018
Not in our backyard | A Current Affair | Apr 2018
Central revamp | Ten Eyewitness News | Mar 2018
Train timetable | 9 News Sydney | Sep 2017
Right road? | 9 News Sydney | Aug 2017
Dumping ground | 9 News Sydney | Jun 2017
WestConnex Euston Rd plans | Ten Eyewitness News | Apr 2017
WestConnex questions | 9 News | Feb 2017
Parramatta Road development plans | 9 News | Nov 2016
Compulsory acquisition reforms | Ten Eyewitness News | Oct 2016
March Against Baird protest in Sydney | ABC News | May 2016
Residents hold fears for WestConnex | 7 News | Sep 2015
WestConnex project forces dozens of residents to leave within 12 months | ABC News | Jan 2015
Op-ed pieces
The human toll of Mike Baird’s WestConnex | The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) | Oct 2016
WestConnex spruikers won’t stop the spin | SMH | Jun 2016
Public transport: better than motorways, and not just for congestion | Green Left Weekly | Jun 2016
Federal funding for WestConnex | AltMedia | Jun 2016
Radio
Pauline Lockie on life, music and her political influences | Radio Skid Row | Jan 2018
WestConnex health and safety breaches | 2RRR RadioActive | Mar 2017
Meeting with Mike Baird | Radio SkidRow | Dec 2016
NSW compulsory acquisitions | 2UE | Aug 2016
Talking WestConnex with Wendy Harmer | ABC702 | Mar 2016
WestConnex New M5 design revealed | ABC702 | Sep 2015