NSW Opposition Leader Peter Debnam, Shadow Minister for Police Mike Gallacher and Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today announced a further $100 million investment in community infrastructure. 

“We’re fighting to win this election to fix NSW. And to fix NSW we need to begin the task of rebuilding the state’s community infrastructure,” Mr Debnam said.

“After 12 years, Labor has let fundamental community infrastructure rundown,” he said.

“The NSW Liberal/Nationals will commit:

• $10 million towards the upgrade of Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals;

• $50 million to fast-track the upgrade of the new Northern Beaches Hospital; and,

• $40 million for additional public school capital works projects.

“These new initiatives combined with our previous commitments will mean an investment of $534 million to fix hospitals, police stations, schools and preschools in our first term of government in addition to current government commitments.

“In addition to current government commitments, we will deliver:

• $250 million for hospital infrastructure across the state;

• $100 million for new police stations and police station upgrades; and,

• $184 million for improved schools and preschools.

“After twelve years of Labor, community infrastructure is crumbling.

“Hospitals, schools and police stations across the state are failing to meet the needs of local communities.

“Labor has made repeated promises to fix this problem but has consistently failed to deliver after successive elections.

“We are determined to deliver the critical community infrastructure that NSW needs.

“We will spend less on the infrastructure of bureaucracy and more on the hospitals, schools and police stations the people of NSW need and deserve.

“Funding for these infrastructure projects will be provided by cutting expenditure on waste and duplication within the bureaucracy, including a reduction in expenditure on advertising and consultants, a recruitment freeze on Sydney bureaucrats and a reduction in State Government Departments from around 33 to 9.

“We will spend less on building Labor’s backroom Sydney bureaucracy so we can spend more on delivering the community infrastructure that NSW needs.

“After twelve years Labor has failed. So, if you want to start fixing NSW then don’t vote Labor.

“Only the NSW Liberal/Nationals can deliver the community infrastructure that NSW needs,” Mr Debnam said.