Mr JORDAN LANE (Ryde) (17:00): I move:

That this House:

(1)Notes the Premier's comment that "one of the knocks of the Labor Party in the past is that we put out four, five, six, seven plans for new public transport infrastructure and delivered none of them".

(2)Notes the Government's solution is to have no plans at all for new major public transport infrastructure.

At its core, this motion is about two things: transport infrastructure—or lack thereof—under this Minns Labor Government; and the propensity that I have observed for the Premier to always settle for the lesser charge. The Premier is a master of setting expectations but not a master of delivery. Before I begin, I will make a few predictions about this debate. Firstly, Government members, who I can hear laughing, will spend a good portion of time talking about the failures of the Opposition. They will not talk about their vision or looking to the future. Instead, they will be looking through the rear-view mirror. Secondly, they will spend a substantial amount of time talking about their so-called achievements in government. If we are lucky, they may even try and amend the motion.

My challenge is three-fold. Firstly, I encourage Government members to look forward, not backwards, and to spend this time talking about what they will do. Secondly, I encourage them to explain or identify a single project that they are delivering which is new. Not a project they inherited, not one the one that was already in the pipeline, but one they have planned, delivered and funded in their own right. Thirdly, I encourage them to vote for the motion. It is written right here. It simply notes the Premier's comments. He is their boss. It should mean nothing to stand by him and acknowledge that there is not a plan for the future. If they can do those three things I will be floored. I suspect that they will not, but I lay out the challenge. My colleagues will speak to the list of projects delivered by the previous Government and the failure of delivery under the current Government.

Mrs Sally Quinnell: Don't go there.

Mr JORDAN LANE: I do not need to go there. I will address the dire consequences of their current plan because not planning is planning to fail. And the Government is doing exactly that when it comes to public transport. Every day in this House we talk about how we can address the housing affordability crisis affecting our citizens. But every day those discussions are not accompanied by real funded plans for public transport, people are being let down. It also means unsustainable growth in our local communities—communities they represent. It means a lack of livability in our local communities and a loss of jobs. At Macquarie Park, in my electorate, major corporate headquarters are closing down because this Government has not created the connectivity and future- proof plans to get people to and from work. It also results in a misallocation of housing where only those who can afford to live certain places do so. That is what the Government's plan will do if it continues to fail to deliver on public transport.

These consequences are the most obvious reflection of a government failing to look after its people. This would be excusable if they were, in fact, delivering on the basics of their current public transport network, but they are not. The following are examples of my research: "Train delays continue despite court action against union.", "Here comes another busload of broken promises.", "No immediate fix for Sydney trains chaos.", "Slavery warning adds to Premier Chris Minns' Chinese buses embarrassment.", "New Sydney buses assembled in China months after Premier Chris Minns' Government said fleet would be built in NSW.", "Future metro rail extensions in Sydney kicked further down the track.", "NSW Premier Chris Minns rejects rail union's offer of free fares to suspend Sydney train industrial action.", "Minns knows fixing Sydney Trains is do-or-die. Labor's failing.", and "Sydney trains delays: Minns warns commuters to brace for long waits as city battles second evening of disruptions." My personal favourite was published today inThe Daily Telegraph, "Minn's Government's $380,000 Sydney Trains review running late." What was that review into? Why the trains were running late. The irony. If ever there was an example of a government that is failing on the basics it is in that plethora of articles I have just shared.

My motion talks about the Premier's propensity for settling for the lesser charge. That is a really interesting little habit I have observed. You can hear it in his rhetoric in this Parliament and in the media. When talking about a Commonwealth report recently the Premier said, "In all candour, I haven't read the report. It is a Commonwealth report." When talking about the nurses and midwives, the Premier tried to break it down and manage expectations by saying things like, "We acknowledge that there are very angry nurses outside Parliament House with whom we are trying to reach agreement." He went on to say, "I know that it is real. I'm not pretend willing otherwise." The great irony is that there are not any solutions in this expectation management. He never has a fix for these people. He just wants to sit there and say how reasonable he is. There was an example where the Premier said, "I'll be honest, I haven't read it, but my staff have briefed me on it." That is a complete and utter cop out.

The Premier tries to look reasonable, so he makes minor concessions. For example, he said, when talking about the delays on the Sydney Metro Southwest, "I'm being really up front with that community. It might take longer. It is like renovating a Federation house." Honestly, there is never actually a plan. There is never funding. There is never a vision. It is all about trying to manage expectations in this most pathetic, pitiful way. After 2½ years in the job one would expect better. You would expect him to have found his feet, but he is still making excuses. People need more than that. The truth is that you cannot ride excuses to work, to the hospital or to school. You need buses, ferries, trains, metros and light rail. All of those things are being ignored, and are failing, because of this Government's lack of vision, lack of plans and lack of any reasonable funding for the future. It is important for those opposite to own up and to be honest. They should agree with this motion because it is all about what their boss has said. They should be able to support him. It should be easy. They should not settle for the lesser charge like their boss. They should stand up and own it. Then they can go back to their electorates and say that they have actually contributed to something. Otherwise, they are just as bad as Premier Minns. Everybody knows we need better.

Dr MARJORIE O'NEILL (Coogee) (17:07): This is going to be fun. How dare the Opposition come into this place and lecture us on public transport. As the Parliamentary Secretary for Public Transport, I see all the correspondence and complaints about the mistakes those opposite made when in office and that we have had to clean up. Whether it is buses, trains, ferries, light rail, active transport or point-to-point, those opposite left a trail of destruction for over a decade. That was the probably the most politically correct way to put it. Where do I start? Do I start with the privatisation of buses? I am surprised that the member for Ryde did not come into this place complaining about the M52 bus route as he does on social media. A bus route removed under the former Government, by his boss. Now he wants it back.

Mr Jordan Lane: You haven't brought it back!

Dr MARJORIE O'NEILL: They want it back. They took it. They actually gutted it! Opposition members come into this place and complain about buses that they cut. We are now experiencing the biggest bus driver shortage because of their privatisation. They did nothing to fix it. Again and again, those opposite ask what we have done to fix it. We established the biggest taskforce and conducted the biggest inquiry into buses in 20 years. Nothing of that scale had ever been done and we are working through it. Under the former Government, there was no growth funding. They actually removed growth funding from buses. They shoved all of these people out into the western suburbs. They removed growth funding. Labor has put it back in and, where there is growth in the western suburbs, Labor has put new routes in. Government members are nodding. That is what the Government is doing.

[An Opposition member interjected.]

Why don't you go out there and see the mess that you guys have created? Let us have a look at the lack of maintenance of buses by the former Government. Eighty-nine bendy buses had to be removed from across the Sydney network because the former Government did not have a maintenance schedule for them. They are slowly coming back. The former Government made no investment in the Public Transport Information and Priority System. Where do I go with ferries? Do I start with Ferry McFerryface? Do I talk about the Emerald class? Do I talk about the River class? They were the ones where passengers could not travel on the top deck without being decapitated. Do I talk about the asbestos in them? Do I talk about the steering failures? The former Government was buying all of those boats from overseas. It was not only buying things that did not work but also single‑handedly destroying New South Wales manufacturing at the same time.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): I warn the member for Terrigal that I will put him on a call to order if he continues to interject.

Dr MARJORIE O'NEILL: Why does the Opposition hate New South Wales jobs? I could talk about active transport and the share schemes. The former Government was in for 12 years and it brought in no regulatory framework for the share-bike schemes. The Government is now working through that with councils. The former Government allowed share-bike operators to come into this State without any regulatory framework. Those bikes are dumped all over the city, and now the Government has to fix that.

Ms Trish Doyle: What about the fat trains, Marj?

Dr MARJORIE O'NEILL: Where do I start with the fat trains? The list just keeps on going. Those trains were bought off the shelf in South Korea, did not fit on the tracks and could not fit through the tunnels.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): I call the member for Terrigal to order for the third time.

Dr MARJORIE O'NEILL: The former Government left a trail of destruction behind. I get it: So much work needs to be done to the public transport system. As the Parliamentary Secretary, I have a front row seat to the trail of destruction left by those opposite. Everything they touched turned to shit, quite frankly.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): Order! The member for Coogee will use parliamentary language.

Dr MARJORIE O'NEILL: That is being kind. Those opposite come into this place and try to lecture the Government on public transport. I could talk about point-to-point transport and what the former Government did to the taxi industry. It was absolute destruction. Labor is getting on with fixing the mess that the Opposition has created. An amendment will be moved shortly— [Time expired.]

Mrs TINA AYYAD (Holsworthy) (17:12): The Premier himself said that "one of the knocks of the Labor Party in the past is that we put out four, five, six, seven plans for new public transport infrastructure and delivered none of them". Labor's answer has been to put planning on hold, leaving communities without vision or future projects. An article today inThe Sydney Morning Herald made clear the consequences of that neglect. Transport bureaucrats have warned that passenger capacity on parts of Western Sydney's rail network will be exhausted by the late 2020s. They stressed that work to upgrade existing lines must begin without delay to keep up with growth in our region.

Leaked Cabinet documents reveal that Transport for NSW is planning to extend the T5 heavy rail line from Leppington to Bradfield, near the new airport, over the next six to seven years, ahead of a potential extension from Parramatta to Epping by the end of the next decade. And yet the department has admitted those are only draft ideas. They are not approved, not costed and certainly not guaranteed under this Labor Government. The glaring question is: Where is the metro line that links Liverpool to the new airport? Communities in south-west Sydney are being promised growth and opportunity, yet there is still no concrete plan for a fast, reliable metro connection to serve them. We, the people of the south-west, are under-serviced with public transport. We need options for travel and we need them now. Mr Temporary Speaker, I ask that I be heard in silence.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): I warn the member for Blue Mountains that I will put her on a call to order if she continues to interject.

Mrs TINA AYYAD: The people of the south-west are forgotten by this Government. We are greatly under-serviced in the area of transport. We need options for travel, and we need them now. The Minns Labor Government is all talk and no action. We see a culture of government by press conference, with no substance, no vision, no investment and no delivery. In south-west Sydney the effects will be devastating. We are one of the State's fastest growing areas, with Western Sydney International Airport set to open in 2026. The demand for efficient, reliable rail connections has never been more urgent.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): I call the member for Blue Mountains to order for the first time.

Mrs TINA AYYAD: We support increasing density to increase housing supply, but doing so—Mr Temporary Speaker, I would like to be heard in silence.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): Government members will come to order and cease interjecting.

Mrs TINA AYYAD: We support increasing density to increase housing supply, but doing so without investing in public transport infrastructure will mean more congestion on roads, and packed carriages. Yet instead of planning, this Government is stalling. Instead of delivering, this Government is dithering and taking credit for the former Government's projects.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): I call the member for Liverpool to order for the first time. She has been interjecting incessantly.

Mrs TINA AYYAD: They love taking credit for our projects. They love cutting our ribbons. It is our communities—south and south-west Sydney families, workers and businesses—who will pay the price, through longer commutes, missed opportunities and lost productivity. I remind the Government that metros and railways are not vanity projects; they are needed to connect our great city. Our communities deserve better. They deserve a government that takes action, not a government that makes excuses and takes credit for the former Government's projects.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): I call the member for Liverpool to order for the second time.

Mrs TINA AYYAD: They love cutting our ribbons. They love it.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): I call the member for Liverpool to order for the third time.

Mrs TINA AYYAD: I think she should be kicked out.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): I thank the member for Holsworthy for the advice.

Mrs TINA AYYAD: Our communities across south-west Sydney deserve better than this Labor Government. It is a government of no substance and no vision, and a government that cannot deliver.

Mr WARREN KIRBY (Riverstone) (17:17): I thank the member for Ryde for bringing the motion to the House. The Minns Labor Government is rebuilding essential services across north-west Sydney after 12 years of neglect under the Liberal Government. Opposition members gave me the challenge of giving more than one example. I can give them more. We are building better roads. We are widening Windsor Road at the Rouse Hill Hospital that was never funded, upgrading Bandon Road, upgrading Garfield Road east and west, connecting Burdekin Road to Townson Road, connecting Hambledon Road to Tallawong and upgrading Richmond Road. Those upgrades are absolutely needed by the community. But it goes further, because we are also delivering more buses, more often, so people can get where they need to go. Previously there were no new routes. Under the Liberal Government, in north-west Sydney, no new routes were created to support the population. That is evidenced by the Auditor-General's report earlier this year.

Over the past decade or so, north-west Sydney has been one of the fastest growing areas of the city. In the past decade, areas like Riverstone, Schofields, Tallawong and Box Hill have welcomed hundreds of thousands of new families. Those diverse communities in welcoming places are filled with people who work hard, volunteer and contribute to our community. I give the former Government credit. It started to build the North West metro, which is great, and the Opposition leader talks about "metro ambition", but the reality is that when they were in government, they did not even have the ambition to extend the metro through to Schofields from Tallawong. That is 2.7 kilometres of line. It gets even better, because it is a voltage change from one metro line to another metro line. That problem was solved in the 1800s and was reintroduced by the former Government. The former Government promised four new business cases for metro lines in 2019 and then reannounced the same promises again in 2023 because they did absolutely nothing in between. That is not ambition; that is, frankly, neglect.

By contrast, the Minns Labor Government is not only delivering on the projects that were already underway, but it is also making sure that they are delivered properly with transparency and accountability. We are building 25 new metro stations, including nine in Western Sydney, while also progressing business cases for future connections between St Marys and Tallawong, and between Bradfield and Campbelltown. We are repairing the rail network by investing record amounts in maintenance and lifting its performance for passengers. My community voted for a fresh start in 2023, in large part because of the failure of the previous Government to deliver public transport infrastructure. We are fixing roads that had bottlenecks for decades, we are adding bus services so that people are not stranded, and we are finally delivering the hospital that some members in this place, hand on heart and crossing their heart, promised to deliver as far back as 2012.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): I warn the member for Holsworthy that I will place her on a call to order if she continues to interject.

Mr WARREN KIRBY: I move:

That the motion be amended by omitting paragraph (2) and inserting instead:

(2)Notes over the coming years the New South Wales Government will open 25 more metro stations and is undertaking the largest public transport project in the history of New South Wales.

(3)Notes the Minns Labor Government is building the South-West Metro that the former Liberal-Nationals Government was going to cancel.

(4)Notes the former Liberal-Nationals Government left behind the biggest debt ever handed from one government to another.

(5)Notes the New South Wales Government is spending $369.9 million to maintain and uplift bus services—including improved connections to trains and metros—and increased school services, $2.1 billion for the Zero Emissions Buses Program and a further $844.3 million to procure to new buses to support reliable services across New South Wales to connect new communities with jobs and services.

(6)Notes the Minns Labor Government is delivering transport infrastructure to the people of New South Wales without privatising the State's assets, unlike the former Liberal-Nationals Government, which privatised assets, including the electricity network and toll roads, to make Sydney the most tolled city on earth.

The reality is the former Liberal Government added no value to public transport infrastructure. It fundamentally failed with every possible connection point. We have a metro station whose car park was built 600 spaces too small, with no bus connections that get to it. We have a metro service that does not connect through to the heavy rail T1 line. We have a single track that goes from Schofields all the way out to Hawkesbury, which means that the heavy rail line fails as well.

Ms JENNY LEONG (Newtown) (17:22): I contribute to the public interest debate. It has been very clear from the debate so far that the "public interest" part is far from the minds of anybody in this Chamber. In fact, we have heard from Opposition members, who for 12 years delivered vile toll roads and a massive public transport failure by privatising our bus network. They shut bus stops and then sent untrained private bus drivers down side streets in Newtown. People rigging in the area would say, "Why is the bus that should be on King Street turning down a side street?" We saw endless closures of bus stops, while the light rail stop at Wimbo Park in Surry Hills was never delivered. I remind members and put on record, on behalf of the former member who represented that area and Lord Mayor Clover Moore, that that is ready to go: We can open a Surry Hills light rail station at Wimbo Park, like it should have been delivered all along.

We also heard from Government members, who, instead of taking responsibility for the things that they have not fixed in the past two years, are still laying the blame on the former Government. I agree that the former Liberal-Nationals Government was a disaster when it came to public transport. But the time is over to keep blaming the former Government, and it is time to reflect on the fact that the responsibility of delivering for the people of New South Wales now sits squarely with the Minns Labor Government. Why is it that the buses are still privatised? Why is it that not a single bus stop that was closed in our community under the privatisation agenda of the former Government has been reopened?

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): Government members will come to order.

Ms JENNY LEONG: Why is it that the announcement of rezoning Parramatta Road does not have a commitment to the delivery of light rail? It is the perfect opportunity. The extension of the light rail along Parramatta Road, along with the recently announced new rezoning plans, could potentially deliver a large amount of public and affordable housing and transform Parramatta Road into a beautiful high street to serve as a community hub, as opposed to the challenges and failures over decades to deliver for the area. Lord Mayor Clover Moore supports it, the former member for Balmain supported it, the current member for Balmain supports it, the University of Sydney supports it, and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital workers would appreciate it. A light rail down Parramatta Road would solve so many issues. It would also pull the rug from under Opposition members, who make claims and commentary about the Premier not having a visionary transport plan. We know that Opposition members are living off the glory of public transport projects that were delivered by people who are no longer here or in the shadow Cabinet.

It is also critical to talk about people finding it harder and harder to get around our city. People need public transport systems and active transport systems that work for them. While I appreciate the Premier may not want to over-promise and then under-deliver, the reality is that people want a Premier with a vision to solve the transport problems. Instead of money being poured endlessly into private toll roads that the former Government delivered and instead of the blaming of former governments rather than delivery, The Greens want to see world-class public transport in our State. That starts with bringing our buses back into public hands and delivering a light rail down Parramatta Road. The Greens will continue to hold this Government to account on those two things until they are delivered.

Mr RAY WILLIAMS (Kellyville) (17:27): Mr Temporary Speaker—

Mr Stephen Kamper: They have the big guns here.

Mr RAY WILLIAMS: I did not realise that I would be interrupted as soon as I opened my mouth, but such is the arrogance of the Minister for—what is he the Minister for?

Mr Stephen Kamper: A number of things. Several things.

Mr RAY WILLIAMS: I don't think we ever worked out what the Minister actually does.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): The member for Kellyville will not debate the Minister across the Chamber.

Mr RAY WILLIAMS: Tourism and BS and a whole bunch of other things. It gives me great pleasure to speak in the public interest debate that has been brought to the House by my learned colleague the member for Ryde. I state for the record that the PID, as we call it, is a public interest debate and not a personal idiot debacle that the member for Coogee has chosen to make it, unfortunately. I would offer the advice that, as the Parliamentary Secretary for Transport, she needs to lift her game if she is going to speak in this place on important matters of public transport. That is not a criticism; that is an absolute fact, and I do not think anyone watching this debate would disagree with that.

As someone who worked for 22 years in the private bus industry prior to entering Parliament, I concede that, as the member for Newtown said, the private bus industry is a shadow of its former self. One of the great triumphs of the private bus industry was its delivery of outstanding transport services at the 2000 Olympic Games. It really was the pinnacle of what the private bus industry could do, and I was proud to work on devising those routes. It made for a splendid Olympic Games and helped transport people on nine different routes. But it is a shadow of its former self, and I concede that. It is a great shame, and there needs to be a bit of stick put about to alert those industries that they need to lift their game in terms of services. That matter will now rest with the Minns Government. It is firmly in its backyard, and it should make the changes that are necessary to bring those services up to scratch.

Lots has been said about what the Labor Party has not done. The motion itself notes the Premier's comments that the Labor Party has received criticism that it put out four, five, six or seven plans but did not deliver anything. I want to correct the Premier: Actually, a total of nine plans were put out between 1995 and 2011. After we received all of those public transport plans and glossy brochures—I have a host of them still in my archives at work—they delivered half a rail line at twice the cost. They delivered the Chatswood to Epping rail line, which now forms part of Sydney Metro. That is a sad indictment on a government that spent 16 years, or four terms, on delivering half a rail line.

I could mention that the Bondi Beach rail link was axed, the high speed rail link to Newcastle was axed, the Hurstville to Strathfield rail link was axed and the high speed rail line from Sutherland to Wollongong promised in 1998 was axed. As I said, half a rail link from Chatswood to Epping was built as part of the Penrith to Epping rail link and the rest of it was not delivered. The north-west heavy rail line was promised in 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007. It was never delivered.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): The member for Camden will cease interjecting.

Mr RAY WILLIAMS: One point I will disagree on with the member for Newtown is that for people who live in such a public transport deprived area like the north-west of Sydney, the metro has been nothing short of an outstanding success story. I catch it every time I come to Parliament. I draw on something very simple—much simpler than delivering a bus or a bus shed. After John Fahey won the right to host the Olympics in Sydney in 2000, the Carr Government promised to do one thing: It was going to deliver a ticketless and cashless system of transporting people to the Sydney Olympics in the year 2000. When we came to government in 2011, they had spent $250 million and we still did not have it. Within 18 months of the Liberal Government being elected, we delivered the Opal card.

Mr NATHAN HAGARTY (Leppington) (17:32): There is an irony in getting the member for Ryde and the member for Holsworthy to speak in a debate about public transport. If there were ever two people on an express service to the unemployment line, it is the member for Ryde and the member for Holsworthy. They won by about 54 votes and about 300 votes, if I remember correctly. The member for Kellyville was talking about PIDs. How about when we came to government there were all those "projects in disarray" and all those "passengers in distress" because of the poor investment decisions that members opposite made over 12 long years?

Mr Jordan Lane: It bothers you that we are here, doesn't it? Here we are.

Mr NATHAN HAGARTY: I hear the interjections from Cat-stradamus over there, who made some predictions in his opening remarks that I would talk about the poor record of the former Liberal Government—and I am going to. Actually, I think we have covered it. How about we talk about the future? I will make some of my own predictions.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): The member for Ryde will come to order.

Mr NATHAN HAGARTY: Yes, pipe down. When talking about the things that we are doing to fix up public transport after the "poor investment decisions" by those opposite, there is a long list. I do not know where to start. How about we start with the business case for the Leppington-Bradfield metro? It is a very important project. The member for Holsworthy spoke about the airport, but what is the point of building an airport if people cannot get there? Members opposite like to pat themselves on the back about the airport, but they did not build the roads. We are building the roads. We have allocated $1 billion for Fifteenth Avenue. I do not know if we have mentioned that before? We have allocated $300 million to ensure that there is a rapid bus network to get people to the airport. There is $50 million for critical road upgrades, including Elizabeth Drive, Luddenham Road and Mamre Road. That is hundreds of millions of dollars of investment to ensure that we can get there.

One thing I can guarantee to the people watching at home and those in the gallery is that when we build these roads, we will not be building diamond-shaped roundabouts. That is a guarantee from this Government. They will be round. They will be circular. That is a guarantee that I can make, unlike members opposite. I know it got them plenty of notoriety, but we are not going to build diamond-shaped roundabouts. Although we could have left it as a wonderful tourism attraction, as we were talking about in question time earlier today. As I was saying, there in an irony in having the member for Holsworthy and the member for Ryde here. It is almost to the point of cruelty that the Opposition would send them in to debate this motion, but who can blame it? Anyone who readThe Daily Telegraph on Friday would know about the secret analysis that paints a grim picture for those opposite. I have here the picture of the member for Ryde, with the words "In danger".

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): I call the member for Holsworthy to order for the first time.

Mr NATHAN HAGARTY: He is in danger, and the member for Holsworthy is in danger.

Mrs Tina Ayyad: Point of order—

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): The Clerk will stop the clock. I will hear the point of order.

Mrs Tina Ayyad: What has this got to do with the motion that we are debating?

Mrs Sally Quinnell: What's your point of order?

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): The member for Holsworthy does not need to identify the appropriate standing order.

Mrs Tina Ayyad: How is it relevant? There is no relevance. The member for Leppington is holding up a photograph of another member of Parliament. It is unparliamentary. The member should get his act together and mind his manners.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): The member for Holsworthy will resume her seat. The member for Leppington will cease using props.

Mr NATHAN HAGARTY: If someone knows about irrelevance, it has got to be the member for Holsworthy. Where were we? We spent $1.5 billion on rail maintenance in the first two years, because there were projects in disarray. As part of the Rail Repair Plan, we have fixed well over 2,000 defects. We have resurfaced hundreds of kilometres of track. We have replaced 1,163 train stop rams and removed close to 200 temporary speed restrictions. We are getting on with the job. We are repairing a train network that was underinvested in and devastated by those opposite. As a result, we saw a collapse in punctuality. From 2018 through to 2022, punctuality went from 91 per cent to 85.1 per cent. That is absolutely disgraceful. Members should also not forget the blowouts. There was a $10 billion blowout on the metro. We heard talk earlier about trains not fitting through tunnels and ferries that did not work out. I come back to my opening remarks. Speaking of blowouts, I cannot wait for March 2027 when see a blowout on the Labor margin in Holsworthy and Ryde.

Mr JORDAN LANE (Ryde) (17:38): In reply: I thank the members who made contributions—if we can call them that. I thank the member for Coogee. I thank the member for Holsworthy, whose contribution I liked and thought was very constructive. I thank the member for Riverstone, who had a go. I thank the member for Newtown, the member for Kellyville and the member for Leppington, when he was able to speak in full sentences. I think we have had a failure to meet the challenge. I set out at the beginning of my contribution a few things that I predicted members opposite would do, and they fell straight into the trap on all of them. Honestly, if ever there was an example of a group of people incapable of thinking for themselves, it is members opposite. They stood up and read through what they were doing, but as soon as they were taken off track they were completely wayward. There was just no way of returning them back to the motion.

I need to address a few things that were said in the debate, particularly by the member for Coogee, who I understand is the Parliamentary Secretary. She explained that she was privy to the correspondence received from Opposition members. That might explain why it takes so long for the member for Kellyville to receive a response, because the member for Coogee is in charge of them.

The reality is that the entirety of the contributions from the member for Coogee and the member for Riverstone were looking backwards. I give the member for Riverstone some credit. He tried to look forward and lay out a list of projects, but they were all roads. I remind members that, at its core, this motion is about public transport, not roads. Government members giving a laundry list of different projects that have been announced is not relevant to this motion. This is typical of members opposite. They are not able to learn or comprehend, so they just get up and read the notes they have been given. It was very disappointing.

The member for Newtown addressed a number of valid issues relating to challenges in her local area. At its best, debate on the motion should have been about the local challenges we each experience in our various unique and diverse electorates. The one thing that is consistent with all of our electorates is that if we are to deliver for them, we need a plan, which is what this motion is about. The Government amendment moved by the member for Riverstone goes completely off the track: It does not talk about plans for the future; it looks in the rear-view mirror about what has failed in the past and takes credit for things that were already in the pipeline. That is not what this motion is about.

Of course, the Opposition will not be supporting the Government's amendment because it completely lacks any sense of normality, in a debate that should have been about what the Premier said just yesterday in the media. I encourage members to vote against the pitiful amendment that has been moved by the member for Riverstone. It has completely lost track of the original motion, which is about public transport, not roads. We should be here to talk about the future, not the past. We should be here to talk about plans, not failure. Through their display in this debate, Government members demonstrated utter contempt for this place and for the State.

TEMPORARY SPEAKER (Mr Michael Kemp): The member for Ryde has moved a motion, to which the member for Riverstone has moved an amendment. The question is that the amendment be agreed to.