[Greens-Media] (Sylvia Hale MLC) Mini-Budget a Maxi-Blow for Western Sydney

[Christopher Holley]

Mini-Budget a Maxi-Blow for Western Sydney

Labor’s mini-budget is a major blow to the people of western Sydney
according to Sylvia Hale, NSW Greens MP and spokesperson for Western
Sydney.

“The people of western Sydney have been waiting for years for the
promised improvements to transport infrastructure but those promises
have now been broken,” said Ms Hale.

“The axing of the promised north-west and south-west rail links is an
insult to the long-suffering residents of western Sydney.” 

“Faced with declining property values, long distances to travel to
and from work, grid-locked roads and overcrowded trains and buses the
people of western Sydney expected some support from the Labor
government. Instead they have been abandoned with most infrastructure
projects for the western suburbs cancelled or delayed indefinitely.”

“This is a government that has completely lost touch with the needs
of western Sydney residents. It is incapable of delivering the services
and infrastructure that western Sydney desperately needs. The government
is making short term financial gains by cancelling these projects but it
is the residents of western Sydney who will pay the long term social and
environmental costs,” said Ms Hale.


Further information: Chris Holley 02 9230 3030 / 0437 779 546