Mr NATHAN HAGARTY (Leppington) (17:01): I move:
That this House:
(1)Notes that the New South Wales Government has doubled Western Sydney road investment compared with the former Liberal‑Nationals Government, delivering $5.2 billion in the budget for road infrastructure and a further $1 billion with the Federal Government for Fifteenth Avenue to service Western Sydney Airport.
(2)Notes the New South Wales Government is investing over $21 billion for public transport infrastructure in Western Sydney, including $2.1 billion for Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2, which the former Liberal-Nationals Government failed to fund.
(3)Notes the record $3.6 billion investment by the New South Wales Government to deliver new and upgraded schools in Western Sydney, including building new schools in growth suburbs such as Gledswood Hills and Marsden Park that the former Liberal-Nationals Government failed to deliver.
(4)Notes the New South Wales Government is investing $3.6 billion on new and upgraded hospitals in Western Sydney, including $700 million for Rouse Hill Hospital that the former Government promised since 2015 but failed to deliver.
Government members were elected just shy of two years ago with a mandate to invest in roads, repair public transport, rebuild our education system and fix our health system. Within that short time, the Government has hit the ground running. The record shows that it is doing its bit. Thousands upon thousands of homes were built in the Leppington electorate over the past decade. Despite the fact that the former Government was happy to collect infrastructure contributions and stamp duty, there was an abject failure to deliver critical infrastructure to my community—most notably at Fifteenth Avenue.
Fifteenth Avenue is a 14-kilometre carriageway that runs in a straight line between the new Western Sydney airport and the Liverpool CBD. Yesterday, the Premier described it as a goat track. In 1904, a visitor to the area described it as ''absolutely the worst road in the country". For 120 years that road remained a goat track, as the Premier described it. However, I have some very good news.
Mrs Sally Quinnell: What is it?
Mr NATHAN HAGARTY: That is about to change. Fifteenth Avenue is going from a goat track to possibly the best road we have ever seen in this State, guaranteed. That is due to a joint $1 billion investment—50 per cent from the Federal Government and 50 per cent from the fantastic Minns Labor Government—that will relieve congestion. Each morning about 22,000 commuters travel down that road. At times the traffic can stretch for three or four kilometres. We are fixing that problem. During the election campaign I got a commitment for an initial $50 million to start the job, and now we have $1 billion to finish it.
Dr Hugh McDermott: How much?
Mr NATHAN HAGARTY: That is $1 billion—a billion with a ''b". Opposition members have been jumping up and down, carrying on and asking questions during budget estimates. In particular, the shadow Minister for Roads, Natalie Ward, has asked a few questions. Guess what position she held in the former Government?
Ms Charishma Kaliyanda: The roads Minister?
Mr NATHAN HAGARTY: She was the roads Minister. Guess how many times she mentioned Fifteenth Avenue as the roads Minister?
Dr Hugh McDermott: How many?
Mr NATHAN HAGARTY: Duck egg. Zero. Zilch. Nada. While in Government, the only thing members opposite did with Fifteenth Avenue was ignore it. I have a media release from former Minister Toole dated 21 September 2021. Who remembers the lead-up to the 2019 election when members opposite said, "We're going to look at a whole bunch of roads and we're going to classify them"? They appointed an independent commission. Its expert panel took a look at it and then listed about 30 roads that it believed should be reclassified from local roads to State roads. They handed that list to the Minister. What did the Minister say?
Dr Hugh McDermott: What?
Mr NATHAN HAGARTY: He said, "That's a fantastic idea, but there are a couple of roads we don't want to reclassify." Guess which roads they were? There was Moorebank Avenue in Liverpool. What is the member for Holsworthy doing about that? There was also Devonshire Avenue in my electorate. The last one was Fifteenth Avenue. Not only did members opposite put no money towards that road, but they actively ignored it and went against their own recommendation. The issue is not only with roads. I could speak for hours about Fifteenth Avenue, but I will not. I will change the topic to another passion of mine, which is public education.
As a proud product of public education, I know that this Government is rebuilding public education, especially in my part of the world. Austral, Leppington and Denham Court are three suburbs that have received their fair share of new housing over the past seven years, especially in the south-west growth corridor. One would think that when building a whole bunch of new houses for families with young kids it would be a good idea to build a high school. This Government is building a high school; the former Government did not. For 12 long years the former Government ignored education in my neck of the woods. However, I have some very good news. We are building a public high school in Leppington, and people are happy. We are building roads and fixing education and the health system. There is $550 million for the Fairfield Hospital redevelopment. It is the first major upgrade since—
The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Ms Sonia Hornery): The Clerk will stop the clock. The member for Willoughby will come to order. The member for Terrigal will come to order. The member for Leppington will be heard in silence.
Mr NATHAN HAGARTY: The Fairfield Hospital redevelopment is the first major upgrade since 1989. That hospital has a special place in my heart, and the heart of the member for Prospect, because my two beautiful children were born there. I know the staff at that hospital work hard day in and day out. They are fantastic. Now they will have expanded bed capacity, and improved emergency and critical care. As I said, I could speak for hours, but I only have seven minutes. The Government is rebuilding Western Sydney, where the former Government locked it down. [Time expired.]
The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Ms Sonia Hornery): Order! The member for Prospect will remain silent. If the member for Willoughby continues to interject, he will be placed on a call to order. Members will act with decorum in the Chamber. I call the member for Hawkesbury.
Ms ROBYN PRESTON (Hawkesbury) (17:08): I am in total astonishment at the public interest debate brought to the House by the member for Leppington. It says:
That this House:
(1)Notes that the New South Wales Government has doubled Western Sydney road investment compared to the former Liberal‑Nationals Government, delivering $5.2 billion in the budget for road infrastructure and a further $1 billion with the Federal Government for Fifteenth Avenue to service Western Sydney Airport.
It fails to mention the massive injection of infrastructure funding for The Northern Road.
(2)Notes the New South Wales Government is investing over $21 billion for public transport infrastructure in Western Sydney …
Is the Government catching up on the "Bob Carr built nothing" days that ran for 16 years?
(3)Notes the record $3.6 billion investment by the New South Wales Government—
The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Ms Sonia Hornery): Order! The Clerk will stop the clock. The member for Prospect will come to order. The member for Riverstone will come to order.
Ms ROBYN PRESTON: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I do not want to have to raise my voice to compete with those opposite. I am in absolute astonishment because, as I said, back in the "Bob Carr built nothing" days, we had 16 years of building no infrastructure at all. There were lots of announcements. In fact, from 1995 to 2011, Labor had a habit of promising railway lines and not delivering them. I know that because the Sydney Metro Northwest was announced by Bob Carr, and Morris Iemma announced it again, but nothing was delivered. It took the O'Farrell, Berejiklian and Perrottet governments to deliver the Sydney Metro Northwest. I was on its maiden journey in 2019 when the then Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, proudly opened that metro. In fact, I saw the boring machines coming through Castle Hill. It was absolutely amazing.
People love metros. The public loves metros. We had to remind this Government that the Coalition backed, built and delivered those metros. Even though this Government wanted to cut the ribbons and take the kudos, the Coalition actually delivered the entire Sydney Metro Northwest. I know the member for Kellyville is here, and that was a very proud moment for his constituents as well. They have embraced it ever since. In fact, people in the Sydney metropolitan area want more of the metro, so we will have driverless trains in the Bankstown area, with drivers in them. Taxpayers will fund drivers on driverless trains.
Look at the record of the previous Coalition Government. The member for Londonderry said that the previous Government never built any schools. I am sorry, but it delivered 180 new or upgraded hospitals and 200 new or upgraded schools across New South Wales—a record‑breaking position and a fantastic offering. How can Government members say the Coalition built no schools while in government? They cannot count. I will repeat it—
The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Ms Sonia Hornery): Order! The Clerk will stop the clock. The member for Terrigal is ominously close to being called to order. The member for Camden will not overreact.
Ms ROBYN PRESTON: We have the beautiful airport being built at the moment. I go to Narellan to visit my brother, who has been having health issues, and it is amazing to drive on The Northern Road. I see him every week because he is going through cancer treatment, and that road is a life saver for me. It is a great run, and every time I get on that road I think, "That is something the Coalition built." I thank them for it every time I am on that journey. That road will benefit people visiting the airport, and we need a lot of infrastructure going forward. That road is a start but look at where we came from. We inherited $35 million in infrastructure backlog when the O'Farrell Government was elected. I remind members of that. Finally, I move an amendment to this public interest debate. I move:
That the motion be amended by inserting the following:
(5)Calls on the New South Wales Government to publish the expected commencement and completion quarters for:
(a)the Liverpool to Airport transit corridor;
(b)Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport line;
(c)Gledswood High School; and
(d)Rouse Hill Hospital.
Ms DONNA DAVIS (Parramatta) (17:14): I speak in support of the member for Leppington, Western Sydney infrastructure and the Minns Labor Government's astounding and comprehensive plan to build a better New South Wales. The population of Western Sydney is forecast to swell from two million to three million people over the next two decades. We are planning to meet that growth and address the service gaps left behind by the former Government that neglected Western Sydney for 12 years. It slugged the people of Western Sydney with the most tolls on Earth, it allowed Western Sydney to grow like Topsy, and it failed to build the roads, schools, hospitals and transport infrastructure our communities need. The key to building a better New South Wales is ensuring the residents of Western Sydney are receiving their fair share of infrastructure to support our growing communities—something the former Liberal-Nationals Government failed to do, over and over again. In contrast to those opposite, this Government is focused on building better communities with the roads, transport infrastructure, reliable and secure energy, and housing we need to improve the lives of people in Western Sydney.
Parramatta is the gateway to Western Sydney. It is a major employment centre, the hub of tertiary education and the research sector for Western Sydney, and a perfect location for a convenient lifestyle. Given all of this, it would be right to think that a government with its eye on the ball would have provided all of the infrastructure necessary to support the biggest city in the west. Think again, because the reason Parramatta is now represented by Labor is because the Coalition failed. The former Liberal-Nationals Government failed to deliver a public park in Wentworth Point. The former Liberal-Nationals Government failed to build new public preschools across Western Sydney. The former Liberal-Nationals Government failed to deliver an upgrade to Parramatta East Public School, which the P&C had been campaigning for since 2019. The former Liberal-Nationals Government failed to deliver a high school for Melrose Park, choosing instead to close a perfectly good high school across the road and relocate it to the heart of the Ryde electorate, all for 50 votes. The former Liberal-Nationals Government failed to put money in the budget for Stage 2 of the Parramatta Light Rail.
By stark comparison, I bring to the House's attention the action taken by the Minns Labor Government. The Minns Labor Government is investing over $21 billion for public transport infrastructure in Western Sydney. Did members hear that? It has invested over $21 billion. This Government has set aside $2.1 billion to connect the Parramatta CBD to Sydney Olympic Park via Camellia, Rydalmere, Ermington, Melrose Park and Wentworth Point. That vital project will support housing growth and connect communities in the Greater Parramatta and Olympic Peninsula. Let's talk about Wentworth Point. It is the most densely populated suburb in Western Sydney and one of the most densely populated in this country. Couple that with the growth of the Carter Street Precinct, another urban activation precinct brought to us by the former Liberal-Nationals Government, and with just one road in and out and no local train station, the need for public transport and road infrastructure has reached breaking point.
This Government has responded. In December contracts were signed for a $140 million upgrade to Hill Road, including new traffic signals at John Ian Wing Parade. Couple that with $10 million for flood mitigation. The Government has invested $48 million to build seven new Parramatta River-class ferries to service the Olympic Peninsula. Not only are we building the ferries; we are building them in Australia, and we have increased ferry services. There is now $2.1 billion to deliver Parramatta Light Rail connecting Wentworth Point to the Parramatta CBD. It will have a 10-kilometre, two-way track and 14 stops, with travel times of around 31 minutes from the Carter Street Precinct to Camellia, and a further seven minutes to the Parramatta CBD. The 2024-25 New South Wales budget committed $475.1 million over four years to 2027-28, including $91.9 million in 2024-25 to deliver enabling work. The work started in January of this year. This will be a game changer for the people of Wentworth Point, Sydney Olympic Park and Western Sydney. It will create jobs now and into the future. Our Government is committed to building a better Western Sydney.
Mrs TINA AYYAD (Holsworthy) (17:19): I thank the member for Leppington for raising the important subject of infrastructure in Western Sydney. The former Liberal-Nationals Government had a formidable track record of delivering infrastructure in Western Sydney. Our Government did not just make promises; it built roads, railways and essential infrastructure that improved the lives of the millions that call Western Sydney home. I will start with roads. WestConnex was the largest transport infrastructure project in Australia. It was designed to reduce congestion and improve connectivity. The M4 widening, the M4 east extension and the M8 motorway have slashed travel times and eased traffic. The final stage was the M4-M8 Link, which was completed in 2023 and provided a much-needed alternative to congested city routes. It did not stop there.
The former Liberal-Nationals Government embarked on the Sydney Metro project, which provides driverless trains that operate regardless of whether train drivers are on strike or not. Sydney Metro North West opened in May 2019. It is a 36-kilometre line connecting Rouse Hill and Chatswood. Sydney Metro City and Southwest is scheduled for completion next year. It will link Chatswood to Bankstown via the CBD. Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport line will connect St Marys and Bradfield. Sydney Metro West will link Westmead to the Sydney CBD. It is due for completion in 2032. While the former Liberal-Nationals Government got on with delivering these vital public transport links, the Minns Labor Government stalled the progress of building metros in west and south-west Sydney.
The Government ummed and ahhed about scrapping the Sydney Metro West, and it is still unclear whether it will go ahead. At the 2023 election, the Liberal-Nationals Government had a clear vision to expand the metro network. It committed to business cases for new lines from Tallawong to St Marys, from Westmead to the aerotropolis, from Bankstown to Glenfield via Liverpool and from Macarthur to the aerotropolis. These expansions would have boosted connectivity, supported economic growth and ensured that Western Sydney residents had world-class transport options. Labor, on the other hand, had no concrete commitments; it only made vague promises to "investigate extensions". We have not heard anything since.
While the Coalition had a plan to deliver real metro expansion and had the track record to back it up, Labor stalled and prioritised reviews over progress. The stakes could not be higher for Western Sydney commuters. Every time train drivers go on strike, it is the hardworking people of Western Sydney who suffer the most. They are forced to endure delays, overcrowded replacement buses and chaos just to get to work or school. The Liberal Party and The Nationals had a plan to reduce the influence of the unions that have taken our city hostage and to guarantee reliable, strike-free public transport. I draw the attention of the House to the former WestInvest program which was launched by the former Liberal-Nationals Government. It was a $2 billion program to fund transformational infrastructure projects.
Beneficiaries included the Camden, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Hawkesbury, Liverpool, Parramatta, Penrith and Wollondilly local government areas. WestInvest is building better communities for Western Sydney residents with fantastic projects that I know the member for Leppington is very well acquainted with, including the Carnes Hill Aquatic Centre and upgrades to Woodward Park and Light Horse Park. The former Liberal-Nationals Government had a clear plan to futureproof transport, build better communities and create opportunities for families, workers and businesses in Western Sydney. Labor, on the other hand, has stalled progress. It has failed to commit to metro expansions and has left Western Sydney vulnerable to union strikes and transport chaos. I thank the House.
Mr WARREN KIRBY (Riverstone) (17:24): I speak in support of this motion and thank the member for Leppington for bringing it before the House. This public interest debate is particularly pertinent for my electorate of Riverstone. Prior to the election of the former Liberal-Nationals Government, the areas of Tallawong, Schofields, Rouse Hill and Grantham Farm were all market gardens and acreage blocks with very little housing. Over the period of time the Liberal Party and The Nationals were in government, there was an explosion of housing. Most of that housing was geared towards young families and people wanting to start young families. I would have thought that, with the introduction of tens of thousands of homes and literally hundreds of thousands of people, some infrastructure would be built to support that. Sadly, this was not the case.
Our Government is getting on with trying to address this problem. The Minns Labor Government, in partnership with the Albanese Government, has doubled funding for road infrastructure across Western Sydney since coming to office. Garfield Road East was promised over and over again. We have an investment of $276.3 million to upgrade Garfield Road East and make it a road that can actually be used by the local residents. It is an example of what can be done when we work collaboratively with the Federal Government. In Riverstone there is also Bandon Road. When I first came into government, I discovered that upgrades to Bandon Road had been shelved completely despite it being an integral road for the North West Growth Area roads strategy. I saw multiple press releases talking about advancement with Bandon Road, but it turns out that the road itself not only had never been funded but also had been completely shelved by the previous Government.
We have added another $316.6 million to widen Richmond Road between the M7 Motorway and Townson Road. Anybody in the local area who tries to commute using Richmond Road knows what an absolute and unmitigated disaster that road is. We have also committed another $156.5 million to widen Richmond Road further down at Elara Boulevard. This issue affects not only the Riverstone electorate but also the neighbouring electorates of Londonderry and Hawkesbury. Suburbs like Box Hill, Gables, Marsden Park and Melonba are going up with no public transport, no major road infrastructure and no schools. I am pleased to see the member for Hawkesbury here today. She was asked about the Box Hill high school, and her response was "It's a really good question. I don't have an all-in-one answer."
This is a community of about 65 people that has exploded to a population of over 30,000 people with not a single school in the area. We have funded three schools in the area, including a temporary school that was built in the course of seven weeks after the development application was approved. Last year, I attended the tenth anniversary of the most recent high school to be built in my electorate, The Ponds High School, which has more than doubled the capacity it was intended to have. The Ponds primary school has almost tripled its capacity. At the same time, the site which a Schofields high school was supposed to be built on was sold. The site for a Stanhope high school was also sold under the previous Government under the pretence that it was "simply not needed". These schools were absolutely needed.
The simple fact that almost every single school in my electorate is significantly over capacity underlines the fact that the former Government was either misled by the numbers coming out of the area or was wilfully ignorant of them. Some might even say it was criminally negligent when it comes to supporting the people of Western Sydney. I remember very clearly walking into the office of the former member for Riverstone and pointing out that by 2036, the catchment area of Riverstone High School would be looking down the barrel of 20,000 high-school-aged students. His response was "The catchment will change with new schools," without funding new schools. The epitome of false promises is Rouse Hill hospital. The member for Kellyville announced the Rouse Hill hospital in 2015. He then announced it again in 2019 and 2021. The member for Hawkesbury announced the Rouse Hill hospital in 2019 and again in 2021.
I give the previous Government credit for procuring the Rouse Hill hospital site, but no money was ever allocated for construction of the hospital. It allocated funding for the shovels to do a false media release about a sod turning, without a single development application to build that hospital.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Ms Sonia Hornery): There is one more speaker in this debate after the member for Camden. That will be a crossbench member, and the member for Leppington will then speak in reply.
Mrs SALLY QUINNELL (Camden) (17:29): I would never get in the way of the member for Wollondilly having her say about Western Sydney infrastructure, because we share a region. I make a brief contribution to the public interest debate today in support of the motion. The New South Wales Government has doubled Western Sydney road investment compared with the former Liberal-Nationals Government, delivering $5.2 billion in the budget for road infrastructure and a further $1 billion with the Federal Government for Fifteenth Avenue. In some parts of New South Wales and Sydney, there was no building and no growth over the past 12 years. But in the areas of Leppington, Camden, Liverpool, Riverstone, Parramatta and Wollondilly there was a huge amount of growth. In fact, the populations of Leppington and Camden grew so much and so quickly that a new electorate needed to be created, and the creation of another new electorate is being considered.
At the moment, the Camden local government area is taking in 100 new residents per week. The communities of Gregory Hills and Gledswood Hills got together and said, "In our local area, we have two private schools." Those schools are great. I am not dissing private schools; I used to work at them. But the only public school option was Oran Park Public School. Again, that is a fantastic school, but it had so many kindergarten classes and demountables that parents were not allowed onsite because it breached the Geneva Convention. On the first day of kindergarten, parents had to kiss their children goodbye at the gates and wish them luck. That is school crowding at a massive level.
The communities of Leppington, Gregory Hills and Gledswood Hills said to the former Government, "Please, we need a new primary school." To its credit, the former Liberal-Nationals Government said, "Okay, we'll deliver it in 2027." The cynic in me would say, "What's happening in 2027? It's an election year. That's why it's being delivered then." We said, "That's not good enough." In 13 months, we managed to not only get Gregory Hills Public School up and running but also complete the permanent building. There is a full school running at its permanent site.
There is a weird fact about children: When they finish year 6, by law, they have to go to year 7. The children needed a high school. They were told to go to Mount Annan High School. For anyone who does not know south-west Sydney—and I make no judgement; it is amazing and, if members came, they would not leave—it is a 20- to 40-minute bus ride from Gregory Hills to Mount Annan. The people who lived in Mount Annan were told to go to Campbelltown for high school, and there was a knock-on effect.
Then the community said to the former Government, "We need a high school." The people of Leppington said, "We need a high school too." The former Liberal-Nationals education Minister said, "How about we give you a high school to share?" Our community said, "That would mean five massive primary schools to one high school. That is not good enough." Last week, the temporary high school at Gledswood Hills was opened. Students were able to go to high school at the same premises as their siblings at the primary school. When we talk about rebuilding public education, it is not just words. It is not just sod turning. When we talk about rebuilding New South Wales, especially in Western Sydney, the Minns Labor Government means it.
Mrs JUDY HANNAN (Wollondilly) (17:34): I understand the function of public interest debates, but seemingly they get used as a competition, with team blue on this side of the Chamber and team red on that side. We only need to look at the way motions are worded and the contributions from both sides. Although I welcome any money that comes to Western Sydney, public interest debates should be used to talk about pressing, current issues in New South Wales, such as antisemitism, the public transport debacle, the lack of infrastructure in growth areas and how to take action to reverse it, the crime plaguing our youth in the regions, water usage rights—or even the lack of specialists in our State. Instead, we have to debate Western Sydney infrastructure.
I hear members talk about all the different areas, but they fail to remember that my electorate of Wollondilly probably makes up 50 per cent of Western Sydney. We need infrastructure, and both parties have failed to deliver it. It is achieved by getting things like the Picton bypass on the budget paper and working with the Government. There is no debate to be had, and certainly no political party should be claiming a victory. Developments are pre‑existing for decades, and they still await development. Take Wilton, for example. It started development prior to much of northern Camden, now known as the electorate of Leppington. What do the Labor and Liberal parties have to say to those people who have waited not for 10 years but for 20 or 30 years for the promised jobs and connectivity? What do members think those people would think of this debate? The more members go on like this, the more reason there is to vote Independent.
I simply cannot vote for or against these issues, and I cannot say that one party has done better than the other. The way I see it, there is no debate at all. It could be a statement: There is a lack of infrastructure in Western Sydney—full stop. Members do not even need to choose what it is about. They talk about hospitals, high schools, freeways, certain streets, police command, TAFE—anything. To be honest, in my electorate it is all missing. There is nothing to debate. I look forward to abstaining from this attempt at a debate. I hope that, in the future, more public interest debates are actually in the interest of the public and that, instead of this backwards and forwards, we see an outcome we can all hang our hats on.
Mr NATHAN HAGARTY (Leppington) (17:37): In reply: I thank all members who contributed to debate: members representing the electorates of Hawkesbury, Parramatta, Holsworthy, Riverstone, Camden and Wollondilly. It is fantastic that today members opposite have been able to round up some Western Sydney MPs to make a contribution. It has been a very robust debate. I thank the member for Hawkesbury for her amendment. Unfortunately, I will have to give that the thumbs down. On this side of the Chamber, we will be going with my well-worded motion, which speaks to the failure of the previous Liberal-Nationals Government to invest in Western Sydney. The Deputy Speaker used the word "ominous" as her word of the day. My word for the day is "arrogant". Members opposite should look that one up, as a bit of homework.
In particular, I thank the member for Parramatta, the member for Riverstone, the member for Camden and the member for Wollondilly. They were elected to this place with me in March 2023, riding a wave. The people of New South Wales, especially in Western Sydney, said, "We have had enough of those opposite. We're going with a fresh start and fresh ideas, and we're going to get on with rebuilding this State." As we have seen over the past 23 months—whether it is in education, roads, public transport or health—this Government is getting on with the job. I know that public interest debates can be a bit of fun, but what is being discussed today has serious consequences. My colleagues and I get phone calls every day about kids who have to catch a bus, a train, a bus and then another bus just to get to their local public school. That is because the school catchments have been drawn up in such a way that it forces them to travel far distances to get to school.
As I said, this Government is getting on with the job of investing in existing schools and building new ones. Labor is ensuring that when people move to a new community, they have access to the social and public infrastructure that they deserve. They are not asking for anything extra; they are just asking for basic services. The communities in Western Sydney will have that soon, as evidenced by the statement made by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Premier Chris Minns when they announced the $1 billion upgrade to Fifteenth Avenue. That is a symbol of what this Government is doing in this State, particularly in Western Sydney. I thank all members for their contributions.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Ms Sonia Hornery): The member for Leppington has moved a motion, to which the member for Hawkesbury moved an amendment. The question is that the amendment be agreed to.
The House divided.
