Sylvia Phyllis Hale (born 12 July 1942) is an Australian social justice, community and environmental campaigner, and a former politician.

[3] However, she left due to the "Group's opposition to "deep entry" into the Australian Labor Party".

[3] In 1965, she and her husband, Roger Barnes, established specialist book printers, Southwood Press.

She however failed to win her party's endorsement, losing 15–14 to local councillor Fiona Byrne.

After leaving politics, Hale became a spokeswoman for Welcome to Palestine, and was briefly detained by Israeli authorities at Tel Aviv airport.