Premier Chris Minns celebrated 100 days in office by foreshadowing that ‘a range of infrastructure projects will be put on ice’.
Minns told the ABC “we’ve already identified a range of infrastructure projects that we don’t believe are a priority right now.”
Acting Leader of the Opposition Natalie Ward said the Premier must come clean and be honest with the people of NSW.
“It’s a simple question that the Premier should answer – what projects are you cutting?” Ms Ward asked.
“For 100 days we’ve seen broken promises and wrong priorities, and now we’re seeing cuts to infrastructure. This is a Government that doesn’t have a plan to keep our state moving.”
“When the Premier talks about priorities we know that he can’t be trusted to do what’s best for our State, prioritising unions ahead of families. Cutting vital infrastructure projects is in Labor’s DNA, they just can’t help themselves, and the result is more congestion, fewer jobs and less productivity.”
“Labor can’t be trusted to build the infrastructure our state needs, having already said it would cancel the Great Western Highway Tunnel and the Westmead to the Aerotropolis, and Bankstown to Glenfield Metro Lines.”
“The Premier needs to demonstrate leadership and tell us what projects are being cut today, not in three months time.”
Labor’s plan to cut vital infrastructure projects is in stark contrast to the record of the previous Coalition Government that delivered bold infrastructure projects like WestConnex, NorthConnex, Sydney Metro, scores of new schools, hospitals, arts and cultural projects – investments in communities totalling billions of dollars.
