Labor to push for transparency: Foley

Forced council amalgamations will dominate the agenda when the NSW parliament sits for the first time this year.

Opposition leader Luke Foley says Labor will be pushing for a more transparent government in the NSW parliament.

The state's lower house will sit for the first time in 2016 on Tuesday.

Mr Foley said the Liberal government treated parliament with contempt last year by refusing "to answer 99 per cent of questions".

"This is a government that breaks out in hives at the first sign of scrutiny," he told AAP.

He said Labor would be pinning the government on its "failures" when MPs return to Macquarie Street.

Issues such as forced council amalgamations, potential cuts to TAFE and Premier Mike Baird's push for an increase to the GST rate would be high on the agenda, Mr Foley said.

Sydney's controversial last-drinks legislation will also dominate the return of parliament.

The premier softened his stance on the laws after he copped a severe backlash over his lengthy Facebook post in which he blasted as "hysterical" claims that Sydney's nightlife is dead.

Also slated for this week is a parliamentary grilling of ICAC Commissioner Megan Latham and ICAC Inspector David Levine amid an inquiry into the state corruption watchdog's ill-fated investigation of deputy crown prosecutor Margaret Cunneen.


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