TheNSW BUDGET2019–2020

GETTING ELECTION COMMITMENTS it DONE GETTING it DONE

NSW Treasury 52 Martin Place, Sydney NSW 2000

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NSW Budget 2019-20 publications include: Budget paper no. 1 Budget Statement Budget paper no. 2 Infrastructure Statement Budget paper no. 3 Budget Estimates Budget paper no. 4 Appropriation Bills Election Commitments NSW Regions + Western Sydney Speech

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05 Treasurer’s message

07 Education

11 Health

15 Transport

21 Stronger Communities

25 Planning, Industry and Environment

31 Customer Service

35 Treasury

37 Premier & Cabinet

39 Local Communities

03 04 TREASURER’S MESSAGE In March this year, the people of New South Wales put their faith in the Liberals & Nationals to maintain the momentum of eight years of progress and keep building a better state.

We’re getting straight to work putting our positive plan For those members of our community most in need, we’re into action and it is an honour to now present the 2019-20 doing more to break the cycle of disadvantage, funding Budget that delivers on our commitments and gets on with better infrastructure in indigenous communities, a new the job, making record investments in the services and Disability and Ageing Commissioner and supporting infrastructure that make a real difference to people’s lives. Foodbank to provide breakfast at 500 more schools for kids who would otherwise go without. Over the last 12 months, the global and national economies have slowed and here in New South Wales local challenges As our vision for a New South Wales of thriving cities and have arisen too. Our farmers are enduring the worst drought regions takes shape, another record infrastructure pipeline in living memory, the housing market has cooled and of $93 billion will keep delivering the public transport, roads households are feeling the pinch. and cultural facilities that make our communities great places to be, no matter where you live. From new metro lines Our prudent financial management since coming to office to Parramatta and the Western Sydney Airport, regional rail means we are well placed to rise to these challenges. Our and road upgrades and motorways and highways in every budget is firmly in the black, with solid surpluses forecast corner of the state, we’re connecting New South Wales like for the next four years, net debt still negative and the never before. lowest of all the states. Great services and infrastructure are the foundations for We are redoubling our efforts to improve government thriving communities and this budget does more to create efficiency, eliminate waste and save taxpayers money, better opportunities for the working men and women of moving resources from the back office of government to New South Wales. New employment precincts will be hubs the frontline of service delivery and our careful spending of learning, innovation and entrepreneurship in industries and responsible financial management mean we can invest like technology, health and nuclear medicine and 100,000 where it matters most for the people of our state. free TAFE and VET courses will give aspiring workers — With almost the entire state now affected by drought, our young and old — the skills they need to secure fulfilling jobs. farming communities are being put to the ultimate test. This As the global economic landscape transforms and with new budget brings more critical relief in their time of need, with challenges and opportunities approach fast on the horizon, more funding to better secure our precious water supplies. we are taking action now, with a new wave of reforms to set We’re easing cost of living pressures for families and New South Wales up for an even brighter future. individuals with new initiatives like our $50 weekly Opal We will continue to grow the Generations Fund to keep debt fare cap and no-interest loans for solar panels and batteries sustainable for future generations and the next phase of for up to 300,000 homes. And to further reduce the cost Outcomes Budgeting will ensure government spending is of getting kids into sport, we’re doubling the Active Kids getting real results for the people of our state. voucher program, with two $100 vouchers now available to families for each child every year. A new Economic Blueprint for New South Wales will chart the most comprehensive plan ever devised for the New To bolster New South Wales’ reputation as the education South Wales economy and we will take the national lead state and give our kids the best chance at success, we’re on reform of Commonwealth funding arrangements, to find employing an unprecedented 4,600 new teachers, and ways to better secure great services and infrastructure and building 190 new and upgraded schools, while setting an encourage growth and investment in our economy. ambitious goal of making New South Wales the best state for education by 2022. And to make life easier for parents, we’re This is a budget of delivery to kick start a term of delivery funding free dental checkups in select regions and providing — a budget that keeps our promises, creates new before and after school care in every public school in the state. opportunities for everyone in New South Wales and paves a new path for the Premier State to stride confidently into We’re ensuring better care in world-class hospitals, with the future. 29 new hospitals on the way and 8,300 new nurses, doctors and other health professionals too — the biggest boost to frontline health workers in New South Wales history. New funding for Kids Helpline will provide vital help in times of crisis and historic support for spinal injury research and treatment will bring new hope to the seriously injured.

Dominic Perrottet NSW Treasurer

05 O’CONNELL STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL, PARRAMATTA 06 Photo credit: School Infrastructure NSW EDUCATION CLUSTER

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

AN ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING STUDENT 4,600 TEACHERS FOR WELFARE AND MENTAL NEW SOUTH WALES HEALTH $449 ƒƒ 4,600 extra teachers will be recruited ƒƒ $88.4 million over four years to employ MILLION across government schools in New 100 additional school counsellors South Wales over four years to meet or psychologists and an additional to clear the population growth and provide more 350 student support officers, as well targeted support to the students that as dedicated services for rural and existing school need it most. This investment will remote students. The commitment maintenance deliver the highest number of teachers also includes a partnership with mental backlog by in government schools in the State’s health organisations who will bring history. their expertise to schools to ensure July 2020 public high school students across the CAPITAL WORKS FUNDING state have access to mental health and FOR NON-GOVERNMENT wellbeing support. SCHOOLS SUSTAINABLE ƒƒ $500 million over four years to support SCHOOLS PROGRAM non-government schools to build, extend, or upgrade their facilities to provide more ƒƒ $10 million over four years for the 4,600 student places in growing communities. Sustainable Schools Program to help schools and students develop innovative ADDITIONAL ELIMINATING MAINTENANCE and hands-on solutions outside the classroom to reduce, re-use and teachers for the BACKLOG IN SCHOOLS recycle in order to make their school NSW public ƒƒ $449 million to clear the existing school environments more sustainable. maintenance backlog in all public education system schools by July 2020, bringing the total investment to more than $1.3 billion over five years.

RECORD INVESTMENT IN NEW SOUTH WALES SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE Build eight new schools and significantly upgrade a further 32 schools, bringing the Government’s total investment in school infrastructure to $6.7 billion over the next four years. NEW SCHOOLS ƒƒ Glenwood High School ƒƒ A high school in Bungendore ƒƒ Hastings Secondary College, Port Macquarie Campus ƒƒ A primary school in Epping ƒƒ Planning for Hunter River High School ƒƒ A high school in Jerrabomberra ƒƒ Planning for Irrawang High School ƒƒ Planning for a high school in Marsden Park ƒƒ Jamison High School ƒƒ Relocation of Budawang School ƒƒ Jannali East Public School ƒƒ A primary school – Mulgoa Rise (Glenmore Park) ƒƒ Jindabyne Central School (Stage 2) ƒƒ Planning for a new primary school in ƒƒ John Palmer Public School South Nowra/Worrigee ƒƒ Planning for Matthew Pearce Public School ƒƒ A primary school in Tallawong ƒƒ Millthorpe Public School ƒƒ Milperra Public School UPGRADED SCHOOLS ƒƒ Mona Vale Public School ƒƒ Bangalow Public School ƒƒ Mosman High School ƒƒ Bexhill Public School ƒƒ Muswellbrook South Public School ƒƒ Bletchington Public School ƒƒ Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School ƒƒ Brooke Avenue Public School ƒƒ Planning for North Sydney Demonstration School ƒƒ Planning for Castle Hill Public School ƒƒ Planning for Orange Grove Public School ƒƒ Cranebrook High School ƒƒ Queanbeyan West Public School ƒƒ Planning for Cronulla High School ƒƒ Stanwell Park Public School ƒƒ Eastwood Public School ƒƒ Teven-Tintenbar Public School ƒƒ Engadine High School ƒƒ Yass High School ƒƒ Epping West Public School ƒƒ Glenmore Park High School

07 PENRITH PUBLIC SCHOOL Photo credit: School Infrastructure NSW

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

INCREASED FUNDING IMPROVING AMENITY OTHER MINOR FOR PRESCHOOL IN NEW SOUTH WALES WORKS UPGRADES CAPITAL WORKS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ƒƒ Provide $11,000 to Wisemans Ferry ƒƒ An additional $20 million over ƒƒ Upgrade the amenity of 11 schools Public School for a large playground four years for new and existing at a cost of $7.4 million including shade cover and $30,000 to community preschools, to build, installation of solar panels, covered Ebenezer Public School for a renovate or extend their facilities outdoor learning areas and front fence. to cater for increasing enrolments upgrades to sports facilities. Schools across the state. to receive upgrades include: OLYMPICS UNLEASHED

‡‡ Callala Public School ƒƒ Provide $1 million over two years to HEALTHY HAROLD ‡‡ Geurie Public School the Australian Olympic Committee PROGRAM ‡‡ Hurstville Grove Infants School to support the rollout of Olympics ‡‡ Huskisson Public School Unleashed, a program for Year 9 ƒƒ $2 million over four years to support ‡‡ Kingswood Park Public School public school students. Life Education NSW to continue to ‡‡ Kingswood South Public School deliver the Healthy Harold program ‡‡ Lapstone Public School and promote healthy lifestyles in ‡‡ Manly West Public School schools. ‡‡ Mudgee Public School ‡‡ Rose Bay Secondary College SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY ‡‡ York Public School. LANGUAGE SCHOOLS ƒƒ $200,000 to support the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools to assist students to learn a second language.

08 TAFE NSW

70,000 FREE TRAINEESHIPS PROMOTE YOUNG ƒƒ From 1 January 2020, 70,000 fee-free PEOPLE IN TRADE traineeships will be provided to young ƒƒ $34 million in capital expenditure over job seekers. two years to establish a pilot program for 40 two senior secondary vocational schools new and HELPING MATURE AGED in Western Sydney and the North Coast to WORKERS GET BACK INTO support young people to build skills and upgraded schools THE WORKFORCE get into a trade. ƒƒ Free TAFE qualifications and career ƒƒ Expansion of Productivity Bootcamps counselling for up to 30,000 mature aged to two new sites in Western Sydney and workers who are seeking to re-train or the South Coast. This program provides re-enter the workforce. fully-subsidised skills training to help young people secure a career in the WESTERN SYDNEY construction industry. CONSTRUCTION HUB HELPING WOMEN TO START ƒƒ $79.6 million over four years to deliver THEIR OWN BUSINESS a new TAFE super campus for Western 100,000 Sydney, specialising in construction ƒƒ $5.9 million over four years to offer online trades. courses for women to build their financial fee-free TAFE literacy and business start-up skills, and VET courses TAFE NSW CONNECTED together with mentoring, networking and LEARNING CENTRES coaching opportunities from January 2020. ƒƒ $61.7 million over four years to construct NEW TAFE SHARED eight new TAFE Connected Learning Centres in rural and regional locations, SERVICE CENTRE including at Byron Bay, Nelson Bay, ƒƒ Build a TAFE shared service centre in Bateman’s Bay, Jindabyne, Nambucca Griffith, which will be operational in 2021. Heads, Hay, Cobar and West Wyalong. The new centre will create 60 new jobs for the region in highly-skilled areas such as ICT and finance.

PROVIDING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE ƒƒ Investment of $120 million over four years to expand before and after school care, making it available to all parents with children who attend public primary schools by 2021. This includes: $120 MILLION ‡‡ $50 million in additional minor capital works funding to help schools buy new equipment and expand their facilities

Investment over four ‡‡ $40 million to provide rental subsidies of up to $15,000 per years to expand before year for child care providers located at public primary schools if they can demonstrate savings have been passed on to families and after school care ‡‡ $20 million for creation of an implementation fund focused on schools where a standalone service may not be viable, including smaller schools and rural and remote communities

‡‡ $8 million creation of a specialist team to help coordinate services and resources to make it easier to setup and maintain a child care service

‡‡ $2 million development of a new website and mobile app to allow parents and carers to search for student places online.

09 NORTHERN BEACHES HOSPITAL 010 Photo credit: Ministry of Health HEALTH CLUSTER

8,300 ADDITIONAL PLANNING FOR THREE NEW FRONTLINE HEALTH STAFF HEALTH PROJECTS ƒƒ Recruit a total of 8,300 frontline health ƒƒ Progress planning for the $263 million 8,300 staff, over four years, with 45 percent Grafton Base Hospital Redevelopment, located in regional New South Wales, in addition to the $17.5 million already additional including an additional: invested in the current upgrade of the frontline hospital. ‡‡ 5,000 nurses and midwives including health staff mental health and palliative care ƒƒ Progress planning for the Forster-Tuncurry nurses, School Nurse Coordinators and facilities, as well as planning for the six additional Breast Care Nurses for Wagga Wagga Hospital car park to the McGrath Foundation commence in 2019-20. ‡‡ 1,060 medical staff including doctors, psychiatrists and specialists to enhance BOOSTING PALLIATIVE $45 response times for patients waiting in emergency departments, for elective CARE SERVICES surgery and to access psychiatric care ƒƒ $45 million over four years for palliative MILLION care including 100 palliative care nurses, ‡‡ 880 allied health staff including for pallative care pharmacists, social workers, Aboriginal health workers, digital health physiotherapists, occupational solutions and the refurbishment of including 100 therapists and psychologists existing pallative care wards and facilities. pallative care These palliative services complement the ‡‡ 1,360 hospital support staff. $100 million package for palliative care nurses announced in the 2017-18 Budget.

RECORD HEALTH BUILDING BOOM TO CONTINUE IN NEW SOUTH WALES A further 29 hospital and health facility projects to commence prior to March 2023, including:

ƒƒ Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital additional $65 million, ETC $386m) (ETC $1.3 billion) ƒƒ Bowral Hospital Stage 2 (ETC $55 million) ƒƒ John Hunter Health and Innovation ƒƒ Gunnedah Hospital (ETC $53 million) Precinct (ETC $780 million) ƒƒ Liverpool Hospital Car Park ƒƒ Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (ETC $50 million) (ETC $750 million) ƒƒ Albury Hospital (ETC $45 million) ƒƒ The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Stage ƒƒ Concord Hospital Car Park 2 (ETC $619 million) (ETC $32.4 million) ƒƒ Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick ƒƒ Goulburn Base Hospital (an additional $30 and Comprehensive Children’s Cancer million, ETC $150 million) Centre (ETC $608 million) ƒƒ Dubbo Hospital Car Park ƒƒ Ryde Hospital (ETC $479 million) (ETC $30 million) ƒƒ Shoalhaven Hospital (ETC $434 million) ƒƒ Shellharbour Hospital Car Park ƒƒ St George Hospital (ETC $385 million) (ETC $23.3 million) ƒƒ Griffith Base Hospital (ETC $250 million) ƒƒ Glen Innes Hospital (ETC $20 million) ƒƒ Eurobodalla Hospital (ETC $150 million) ƒƒ Iluka Ambulance Station ƒƒ Manning Base Hospital Stage 2 (ETC $10 million) (ETC $100 million) ƒƒ Mona Vale Hospital ƒƒ Sutherland Hospital (ETC $81.5 million) (an additional $10 million) ƒƒ Ballina District Hospital ƒƒ Deniliquin Hospital (ETC $3.2 million) (ETC $80.4 million) ƒƒ Leeton Hospital (ETC $2.5 million) ƒƒ Moree Hospital (ETC $80 million) ƒƒ Cowra Hospital (ETC $70.2 million) ƒƒ Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital (an

011 LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL Photo credit: Ministry of Health

HEALTH CLUSTER CONT.

FAST TRACKING MORE SUPPORT FOR STATE-WIDE ADDITIONAL PAEDIATRIC LIFELINE AND KIDS INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SURGERY AND CATARACT HELPLINE AND MENTAL HEALTH SURGERY ƒƒ $23.5 million to expand the capacity TERTIARY HUBS ƒƒ $76 million over four years to of Lifeline and Kids Helpline over ƒƒ An additional $4.4 million to deliver boost elective surgery, focusing on four years, including funding to State-wide Intellectual Disability children and cataract patients with introduce the Lifeline Crisis SMS and Mental Health Tertiary Hubs for the delivery of an additional 8,000 service into New South Wales. people with an intellectual disability paediatric operations and 10,000 who need mental health treatment. cataract surgeries. GOULBURN RESIDENTIAL The Hubs will operate within the REHABILITATION SERVICE Sydney Local Health District and FREE DENTAL CHECKS FOR the Sydney Children’s Hospitals ƒƒ $6.2 million over four years from Network and be available to people PRIMARY SCHOOL KIDS 2020-21 towards a minimum ten-bed across metropolitan, rural and mixed gender drug and alcohol ƒƒ $70 million over four years to regional New South Wales. provide 35 new free mobile dental residential rehabilitation service in Goulburn with ‘step up’ and clinics for primary school children SPECIALISED MENTAL in Western Sydney, the Mid North ‘step-down’ day program support. Coast and the Central Coast. This HEALTH BEDS service will allow access to dental EATING DISORDER ƒƒ Begin planning to deliver specialised checks and basic dental care for up TREATMENT HUB mental health beds for mothers to 136,000 primary school children and their babies and children and ƒƒ An additional $9.6 million over the each year. young people in public hospitals, next four years to allow more people as part of the State-wide Mental to access medical and mental health MORE CARE FOR KIDS Health Infrastructure Program. This support for treating an eating WITH ALLERGIES includes a new mother and baby disorder. ƒƒ $4.6 million over four years to unit at Westmead and Royal Prince expand services to reduce waiting Alfred Hospitals and a new child and times for children’s allergy testing adolescent mental health unit and management. at Nepean Hospital.

012 STROKE TELEHEALTH SERVICE NEW PALLIATIVE CARE IN REGIONAL HOSPITALS SERVICES IN BATHURST ƒƒ Rollout the $21.7 million Centralised ƒƒ Seek expressions of interest to provide Stroke Telehealth Service across New additional palliative care services in South Wales regional and rural Bathurst. hospitals over three years (with $12.3 million funding from New South LIVERPOOL HEALTH AND $76 Wales Government and $9.4 million ACADEMIC PRECINCT from the Commonwealth Government). ƒƒ Establish the Liverpool Health and MILLION NEW INCIDENT MANAGEMENT Academic Precinct, based around the $740 million redevelopment of to fast track SYSTEM FOR NEW SOUTH Liverpool Hospital. The precinct will be a additional WALES HEALTH partnership between the South Western paediatric ƒƒ Rollout a new incident management Sydney Local Health District, University system across New South Wales Health of New South Wales, University of surgery and over the next two years to improve access Wollongong, Western Sydney University, cataract surgery to reliable information about incidents of and the Ingham Institute for Applied violent behavior in and around New South Medical Science. Wales hospitals. NEW AMBULANCE EXPLORE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE OF A HEALTH CENTRE FOR AT MONA VALE HOSPITAL LGBTIQ+ PEOPLE ƒƒ Invest in a new ambulance station ƒƒ Grant funding of up to $500,000 for at Mona Vale Hospital as part of the the AIDS Council of NSW to develop a Government’s $184 million Sydney feasibility study for a Health Centre that Ambulance Metropolitan Infrastructure provides health care, support and referral Strategy program. services to LGBTIQ+ people in New South Wales. $23.5

UPGRADE FOR CROOKWELL MILLION DISTRICT HOSPITAL to expand Lifeline ƒƒ $2.5 million towards upgrades at the and Kids Helpline Crookwell District Hospital.

IMPROVED ACCESS TO IVF SERVICES $42 million over four years to improve affordability and access to IVF services across New South Wales, including:

ƒƒ a rebate of up to $500 through Service NSW for out-of-pocket medical expenses related to pre-IVF fertility testing $42 ƒƒ expanding the availability of New South Wales Government- MILLION supported IVF clinics to provide lower cost IVF treatments for around 6,000 women to improve affordability ƒƒ establishment of the first state-wide fertility preservation service and access to IVF services for cancer patients at The Royal Hospital for Women, in partnership with the University of NSW.

013 INTERLOOP SCULPTURE, REPURPOSED ORIGINAL 1930’S ESCALATOR TREADS 014 BY ARTIST CHRIS FOX, WYNYARD RAILWAY STATION, SYDNEY Photo credit: Department of Transport TRANSPORT CLUSTER

TRANSPORT

MORE BUS SERVICES TO URBAN ROAD UPGRADE AND MEET GROWING DEMAND CONGESTION PROGRAM ƒƒ 14,000 extra weekly bus services across New urban road projects across Sydney, $450 Sydney, Illawarra, Central Coast and the the Central Coast and the Lower Hunter, Lower Hunter. including: MILLION ƒƒ $450 million commitment to reduce ƒƒ $67.9 million over four years to improve bus total commitment traffic congestion at 12 pinch points services across 15 regional towns. across Sydney: to reduce PLANNING FOR ‡‡ Pennant Hills Road / Carlingford Road, congestion across Carlingford TWEED LIGHT RAIL major arterial ‡‡ Forest Road and Stoney Creek Road, ƒƒ Provide $1 million to commence strategic Beverly Hills roads and planning for a future light rail between ‡‡ Forest Road at Boundary Road and regional links Tweed Heads and Coolangatta. Bonds Road, Peakhurst FASTER RAIL ‡‡ Henry Lawson Drive at Rabaul Road and Haig Avenue, Georges Hall ƒƒ $295 million over four years initial ‡‡ Linden Street, between River Road and investment in the fast rail network, including The Grand Parade, Sutherland improved alignment north of Mittagong, duplication between Berry and Gerringong, ‡‡ Princes Highway at Bates Drive, Kareela planning of a new alignment between ‡‡ Pennant Hills Road, between the Sydney and Woy Woy and planning work M2 Motorway and Woodstock Avenue, to improve the route to the Central West. Carlingford (Southbound)

‡‡ The Horsley Drive / Polding Street, Fairfield

REGIONAL & LOCAL ROADS ƒƒ $500 million over five years for the Fixing Local Roads program to assist regional councils with repairing, maintaining and sealing council roads. ƒƒ Establish a process to transfer up to 15,000 kilometres of council-owned regional roads back to the state. $500 ƒƒ Regional and local road commitments include: ‡‡ $17.6 million towards sealing and re-sealing roads in the Snowy Monaro region

MILLION ‡‡ $17 million to Kempsey Shire Council and Port Macquarie-Hastings Council for to kick off the upgrades to Maria River Road between Port Macquarie and Crescent Head ‡‡ $12.5 million to seal Pooncarie Road in Menindee from the Regional Growth Fund Fixing Local (with joint funding of $12.5 million from the Commonwealth Government)

Roads program ‡‡ $10 million to Kempsey Shire Council for upgrades to Armidale Road, Kempsey

‡‡ $10 million to Richmond Valley Council to upgrade Woodburn-Coraki Road, Coraki

‡‡ $10 million for Captains Flat Road near Queanbeyan

‡‡ $10 million to seal, reseal, stabilise pavement, install new guardrail and drainage on Towamba and Burragate Roads

‡‡ $10 million to upgrade Werris Creek Road near Duri

‡‡ Over $8 million towards sealing Rangari Road between Manilla and Boggabri

‡‡ $5.6 million to Griffith City Council to seal Boorga and Dickie Roads

‡‡ $4.4 million to upgrade Federation Way in Albury from the Fixing Country Roads program

‡‡ $3 million to Port Macquarie-Hastings Council for upgrades to Waitui Road

‡‡ $0.3 million to Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council to improve Araulen Road at Braidwood

‡‡ Funding to Port Stephens Council for Raymond Terrace Road upgrade works

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TRANSPORT

‡‡ Cumberland Highway at The ‡‡ $220 million to upgrade Mamre UPGRADING 68 MORE Horsley Drive, Smithfield Road between the M4 Motorway TRAIN STATIONS and Erskine Park Road ‡‡ The Horsley Drive at Nelson ƒƒ Upgrade a further 68 train stations Street, Fairfield ‡‡ a further $205 million to under the Transport Access duplicate Nelson Bay Road ‡‡ traffic lights at the intersection Program and Sydney Metro City and between Williamtown and of Baker Street and Pennant Southwest, to make train stations Bobs Farm, in addition to Hills Road more accessible, including new lifts, $70 million previously allocated ‡‡ Victoria Road widening at the ramps and footbridges. for improvements to Nelson West Ryde rail bridge between Bay Road West Parade and Anzac Avenue. REDUCE THE WEEKLY ‡‡ $188 million to deliver the Fingal OPAL TRAVEL CAP ƒƒ $695 million commitment for Bay Link Road ‡‡ $69.6 million over four years to technology upgrades on the road ‡‡ $20 million for a westbound on network, including: ramp to the M4 Motorway from reduce the Opal Weekly Travel cap by approximately 20 per ‡‡ upgrade traffic light systems at Roper Road cent to $50 a week for adults 500 intersections across New ‡‡ $16 million for design and and $25 per week for child/youth South Wales development of Spring Farm Link and concession travel from 1 ‡‡ Smart Motorways rollout between Road Stage 2 July 2019 for all train, bus, ferry Sydney and Gosford, and ‡‡ $2 million for planning to and light rail customers. This will planning for major freeways upgrade the Toongabbie Rail benefit approximately 55,000 ‡‡ development of smart parking Bridge. commuters with savings of up to and clearway signage $686 a year.

‡‡ new drones to better respond to ELECTRIC BUSES TRIAL traffic incidents and virtual in-car ƒƒ $10 million over two years to trial ACCELERATING messaging to better alert drivers. 10 electric buses at Randwick Bus SYDNEY METRO WEST Depot, as part of the Government’s ƒƒ Urban Road upgrades including: ƒƒ $6.4 billion commitment over Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Plan. four years, for planning and the ‡‡ $387 million to upgrade the acceleration of construction of Central Coast Highway between FIXING COUNTRY BRIDGES Bateau Bay and Wamberal Sydney Metro West, to provide ƒƒ $500 million over five years for the a faster, easier and more reliable ‡‡ $260 million to upgrade Mulgoa Fixing Country Bridges program, journey between Greater Parramatta Road from Jeanette Street to to repair and replace poor quality and the Sydney CBD in around Glenmore Parkway, and Jamison timber bridges in rural and regional 20 minutes. Road to Blaikie Road communities.

016 NEW REGIONAL ROAD ‡‡ $200 million to reduce Newell PROJECTS ACROSS Highway flooding between West NEW SOUTH WALES Wyalong and Forbes$20 million each for upgrades to the Kings Highway and Princes Highway Monaro Highway

ƒƒ $960 million for new upgrades to the ‡‡ $18 million for overtaking lanes on the Princes Highway between Nowra and Mitchell Highway between Dubbo and $6.4 the Victorian Border, as the first part of Narromine duplicating the highway across the next BILLION ‡‡ $11.2 million for upgrades to the 20 years: Bruxner Highway, including at over four years ‡‡ duplicate sections between Jervis Bay Alstonville and Lismore Road and Sussex Inlet Road for planning and ‡‡ $4.5 million to address flooding at the ‡‡ build the Moruya Bypass Washpool causeway on the Gwydir the acceleration Highway, 15 kilometres east of Moree ‡‡ start detailed planning work for the of construction Milton and Ulladulla Bypass and ‡‡ $3 million for planning the New upgrades between Burrill Lake and England Highway (Goonoo Goonoo of Sydney Metro Batemans Bay. Road) duplication at Tamworth West between Calala Lane and Jack Great Western Highway Smyth Drive. ƒƒ $2.5 billion for the first stages of the duplication of the Great Western Highway ƒƒ Major road upgrades including:

between Katoomba and Lithgow: ‡‡ $60 million for duplication of Ocean

‡‡ construction to commence on: Drive at Port Macquarie

‚‚ Medlow Bath Upgrade ‡‡ $50 million to upgrade Waterfall Way ‚‚ Mount Victoria Bypass ‡‡ $27 million for design and land ‚ upgrade between Jenolan Caves Road ‚ acquisition for the Dunns Creek and South Bowenfels. Road corridor ‡‡ design and planning to begin on: ‡‡ $20 million to seal Bobeyan Road ‚‚ Katoomba to Medlow Bath ‡‡ $15 million for the Taree Northern $69.6 ‚‚ Medlow Bath to Blackheath Gateway ‚‚ Blackheath Bypass Tunnel ‚‚ Blackheath to Mount Victoria. ‡‡ $3 million for the upgrade of Main MILLION Street, Hay. Additional regional road upgrades over four years ƒƒ Upgrades on the following highways: to reduce the

‡‡ $266 million to deliver the New Opal Weekly England Highway bypass of Travel Cap Muswellbrook

NEW COMMUTER CAR PARKING ƒƒ $300 million over four years to provide additional car spaces through the Commuter Car Parking Program at the following train stations:

‡‡ Edmondson Park

‡‡ Emu Plains $300 ‡‡ Engadine MILLION ‡‡ Jannali ‡‡ Leppington

to provide ‡‡ Revesby additional car ‡‡ Riverwood spaces through ‡‡ Schofields the Commuter ‡‡ Tuggerah ‡‡ Warwick Farm Car Parking ‡‡ West Ryde. Program ƒƒ As well as additional car parking for bus commuters at Winston Hills. ƒƒ A new commuter car park will also be delivered at Hornsby.

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TRANSPORT

OPAL PARK AND CONNECTING RURAL AND MORE CYCLING RIDE EXPANSION REGIONAL COMMUNITIES AND PEDESTRIAN ƒƒ 10 train station commuter car parks ƒƒ Trial 13 new public transport routes INFRASTRUCTURE to be converted to Opal Park and (bus and train) to connect 44 ƒƒ $256 million over four years Ride car parks, to keep spaces isolated communities across regional towards new walking and cycling available for public transport users, New South Wales to a major centre infrastructure projects across at: or city. the state to make walking and

‡‡ Campbelltown cycling a more convenient, safer ‡‡ Gosford REGIONAL SENIORS and enjoyable option that benefits ‡‡ Holsworthy TRANSPORT CARD everyone. ‡‡ Hornsby ƒƒ A Regional Seniors Transport Card ‡‡ Jannali providing $250 per year in 2020 and MORE TRAINS, ‡‡ Kiama 2021 towards fuel or taxi travel from MORE SERVICES ‡‡ Penrith regional providers or pre-booked ƒƒ Continue delivery of the More Trains, ‡‡ Revesby NSW TrainLink tickets for aged More Services program, including ‡‡ Sutherland pensioners and Commonwealth providing increased rail services ‡‡ Warwick Farm. Seniors Health card holder living on the Illawarra, Airport and South in regional New South Wales. MORE EXPRESS TRAINS Coast Lines. Including: FOR WESTERN SYDNEY ‡‡ fast-tracking the delivery of TRANSPORT another 17 new air-conditioned ƒƒ Deliver an additional eight train DISABILITY SUBSIDIES Waratah Series 2 trains from express services on the T1 Western 2020, in response to growing ƒƒ $173 million over four years for Line across the morning and evening transport disability subsidies to demand across the Sydney peak periods on weekdays, adding extend the Taxi Transport Subsidy Trains network over 35,000 extra seats each week. Scheme and the Wheelchair ‡‡ new train carriages and extra Accessible Taxi Driver Incentive seats on the South Coast line Scheme. to address increased customer demand during the week and on the weekends

018 ‡‡ additional services on the T4 Illawarra RAPID TRANSPORT OPTIONS Line after 10pm, seven days a week, to FOR WOLLONDILLY AND THE reduce wait times on platforms late at SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS night. ƒƒ Investigate new rapid public transport ACCESSIBILITY options to connect communities in Wollondilly and the Southern Highlands IMPROVEMENTS FOR with Sydney’s electrified rail network. New FERRY WHARVES $18.5 routes to be explored will include Bargo, ƒƒ Improve accessibility at Taronga Zoo, Picton and Wilton to Campbelltown, as South Mosman, North Sydney and Manly well as Moss Vale, Bowral and Mittagong MILLION ferry wharves. to Campbelltown. over four years HELPING KIDS GET PLAN AN EXTENSION OF THE to provide an TO SCHOOL SAFELY SYDNEY METRO CITY AND additional 300 ƒƒ $18.5 million over four years to provide SOUTHWEST LINE School Crossing an additional 300 School Crossing ƒƒ Begin planning an extension of Sydney Supervisors Supervisors across New South Wales Metro City and Southwest between primary schools to help children get to Bankstown and Liverpool. and from school safely each day. ADDITIONAL FERRY SERVICES PLANNING FOR THE AND VESSELS COFFS HARBOUR BYPASS ƒƒ Create 400 additional weekly ferry ƒƒ Conduct further community consultation services across the network over the on the design of the Coffs Harbour next two years. bypass. NORTH SOUTH METRO RAIL NEW REGIONAL LINK TO THE NEW WESTERN RAIL FLEET SYDNEY AIRPORT $2 ƒƒ $2.8 billion commitment towards the ƒƒ Invest over $2 billion over four years BILLION design, build and maintenance of the towards the New South Wales and Federal new regional rail fleet, along with the Government funded North South Metro over four years new purpose built maintenance facility Rail Link connecting to Western Sydney for the North in Dubbo, to create better, safer, more Airport, with construction expected to comfortable and reliable services for start in 2021 and be completed in 2026 in South Metro Rail customers travelling long distances. time for the opening of the airport. Link connecting REVIEW SURPLUS LAND UPGRADE PROSPECT HIGHWAY Western Sydney ACQUIRED UNDER AND MEMORIAL AVENUE Airport WESTCONNEX ƒƒ $300 million commitment to commence ƒƒ Review the sale of approximately upgrading the Prospect Highway and 4,000 square metres of surplus land Memorial Avenue to reduce congestion at Homebush, acquired as part of the and to help meet future demands on this WestConnex motorway project. corridor.

FARE FREEZE FOR EASING CONGESTION AND GOLD OPAL CARDS CONNECTING COMMUNITIES ƒƒ Freeze fares for a further four years for ƒƒ $32.2 million from the Housing Gold Opal Card holders at a maximum Acceleration Fund for planning and of $2.50 per day. design of eight road projects across Sydney and regional New South Wales. $300 HEATHCOTE ROAD UPGRADE ƒƒ Widen a two-kilometre section of NORTHERN BEACHES BUSES MILLION Heathcote Road at Holsworthy to ƒƒ Deliver a new direct bus service linking improve traffic flow and road safety. Pittwater and Frenchs Forest via the total commitment Wakehurst Parkway and start work on to commence EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICES developing a turn up and go express bus upgrading the BETWEEN GRANVILLE AND service linking Dee Why and Chatswood. THE CITY Prospect Highway ƒƒ Provide new return express train services and Memorial between Granville and the City. Avenue

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FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND JUSTICE

MULTICULTURAL AGED DRUG SUPPLY CARE FACILITIES PROHIBITION ORDERS $32.5 ƒƒ $32.5 million over four years for ƒƒ Commence a two-year pilot of Drug multicultural community organisations Supply Prohibition Orders, which MILLION to support the construction and give police more search powers for refurbishment of aged care facilities drug-related crimes. to support the and senior support centres. construction and HELPING VETERANS AND refurbishment SUPPORT FOR MULTICULTURAL EMERGENCY WORKERS COMMUNITY FESTIVALS AND of aged care ƒƒ Extra support for The Buttery, Northern PROJECTS Rivers to help local veterans and facilities ƒƒ $12.5 million over four years for emergency workers to tackle multicultural community organisations post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and associations to support multicultural and associated substance misuse, by festivals, events and community projects delivering an innovative program called in New South Wales. COPE that will treat both conditions concurrently. SENIOR SAVERS CARD SURFERS RESCUE $18.8 ƒƒ Introduce the new Senior Savers Card to all New South Wales residents over the 24-7 COURSE age of 60, providing more people with ƒƒ $1 million over four years to expand the MILLION access to discounts on products and Surfers Rescue 24-7 course. over four years services provided through the Seniors Card program. VOLUNTEER RESCUE SUPPORT to support the ƒƒ $18.8 million over four years to support Volunteer Rescue HALVE HOMELESSNESS the Volunteer Rescue Association, Association BY 2025 including 30 new rescue vehicles ƒƒ Commit to halve street homelessness and upgraded communications and across the state by 2025, as part of equipment across 58 locations. the global agreement signed by the Government and service providers. FUNDING TO MARINE RESCUE NSW NEW QUEANBEYAN ƒƒ $37.6 million over four years to support COURTHOUSE Marine Rescue NSW to expand its radio ƒƒ Provide $18 million in new investment to network and provide 38 new rescue upgrade the Queanbeyan Courthouse. vessels to improve safety on the State’s waterways. GRANTS TO BUSINESSES TO INSTALL CCTV CAMERAS WATER SAFETY FOR COMMUNITIES ƒƒ $5 million from 2019-20 to provide community grants for small businesses ƒƒ Provide $90,000 from the Water Safety and community organisations in Western Fund Community Grants Program to and South-Western Sydney to install the Royal Life Saving Society for swim CCTV security. programs supporting refugees and migrants. ENHANCING PUBLIC SECTOR INTEGRITY FUNDING TO SURF LIFE SAVING NSW ƒƒ $2.7 million in 2019-20 to establish the new Public Sector Prosecution Unit, ƒƒ $16 million over five years to Surf Life comprising a team of senior lawyers to Saving NSW to purchase new rescue prosecute public officials for corruption. vehicles, improve community engagement The Unit will sit within the Office of the and install 10 new Emergency Response Director of Public Prosecutions. Beacons.

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NSW POLICE FORCE

DELIVER 1,500 NEW POLICE DUBBO REGIONAL EDUCATION ƒƒ Invest in 1,500 new police to increase the AND TRAINING CENTRE State’s crime fighting capability and keep ƒƒ $35 million from 2020-21 to 2022-23 to the community safe. build a major new state-of-the-art police education and training facility at Dubbo. NEW AND UPGRADED $65 POLICE STATIONS NEW BUS FOR ƒƒ $65 million from 2020-21 to 2022-23 SHOALHAVEN PCYC MILLION to build new police stations in Bega ƒƒ $40,000 for a new bus at the Shoalhaven for new and ($13 million), Goulburn ($25 million), the Police Citizens Youth Clubs (PCYC). Jindabyne area ($13 million) and major upgraded police upgrades to police stations at Bourke stations ($7 million) and Bathurst ($7 million).

OFFICE OF SPORT

DOUBLE ACTIVE UPGRADE MARGARET KIDS REBATE DONOGHUE OVAL ƒƒ $291.1 million over four years to expand ƒƒ $590,000 to build new female change the Active Kids program from one to rooms and toilets, and a match day team $291.1 two $100 vouchers per child each year room for the Queanbeyan Tigerettes at to encourage children’s participation in Margaret Donoghue Oval. The funding is MILLION organised sport and physical activity in addition to the $450,000 delivered for to double the outside school hours. upgrades to the venue’s lights in 2018. Active Kids BROOKVALE OVAL UPGRADE Rebate ƒƒ $20 million towards the upgrade of Brookvale Oval as part of the Centres of Excellence package. The upgrade will include a 3,000 seat grandstand and a new centre of excellence with gyms, medical facilities, changing rooms, a hydrotherapy centre and community facilities.

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PLANNING, INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENT

REGIONAL DIGITAL ‡‡ Namoi Reserve, Walgett Shire CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM ‡‡ Narwan Village, Armidale $400 Dumaresq Shire ƒƒ $400 million in capital funding from the $4.2 billion Snowy Hydro Legacy Fund for ‡‡ Three Ways, Griffith MILLION the Regional Digital Connectivity Program ‡‡ Wallaga Lake Koori Village, to provide mobile black spot towers Eurobodalla Shire. from the Snowy and data centres to improve internet Hydro Legacy connectivity and reliability in the State’s ESTABLISH A REGIONAL Fund for the regions. YOUTH PORTFOLIO Regional Digital IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE ƒƒ Establish a Minister for Regional Youth, who will give voice to young people in Connectivity AND SERVICES IN ABORIGINAL regional areas, including delivery of a program COMMUNITIES Regional Youth Strategy, establishment of ƒƒ $55 million over four years under the a Regional Youth Taskforce and an Office Roads to Home Program to deliver for Regional Youth. local road infrastructure upgrades and subdivision in collaboration with Local ƒƒ $100 million allocated for round three of Aboriginal Land Councils in ten Aboriginal the Stronger Country Communities Fund $55 communities across New South Wales, to for projects and programs in the regions, improve access and increase economic including $50 million aimed at supporting MILLION opportunities. Communities include: young people.

‡‡ Bellwood Reserve, Nambucca Shire to deliver local WILD DOG EXCLUSION FENCE ‡‡ Bowraville Reserve, Nambucca Shire road upgrades ƒƒ $37.5 million over three years to extend ‡‡ Cabarita Reserve, Mid Coast the Wild Dog Exclusion Fence in western in Aboriginal ‡‡ Gingie, Walgett Shire New South Wales to prevent wild dogs communities ‡‡ Gulargambone Top, Coonamble Shire entering the state.

‡‡ La Perouse Mission, Randwick

OPEN SPACES AND GREENER SYDNEY ƒƒ $150 million over five years for the acquisition and embellishment of green and open spaces to improve the liveability of New South Wales communities as part of the Government’s Strategic Open Spaces program. ƒƒ As part of this package, $50 million will be used to turn existing Government-owned $150 land into new and upgraded parks, including: ‡‡ $10 million for the Nepean River Parklands in Penrith

MILLION ‡‡ $10 million for George Kendall Riverside Park at Ermington for acquisition ‡‡ $9 million for walking tracks and bike trails in Frenchs Forest of green and ‡‡ $6 million for a new running track or playground at Kempt Field in Hurstville ‡‡ $5 million for 60 hectares of new parklands and green space in Appin open spaces ‡‡ $4 million for new open space at Leppington

‡‡ $4 million to add nature trails to open space in Beaumont Hills

‡‡ $2 million for Carrawood Oval in Carramar.

ƒƒ $100 million to secure new parks to be developed across Sydney. This funding will be used to purchase open space in strategic locations to improve community access to green space, such as new open space in Newport for the residents of Pittwater.

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PLANNING, INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENT

DOPPLER RADARS NSW KOALA STRATEGY SUPPORTING DAIRY ƒƒ $24.4 million to deliver three new ƒƒ Continue to deliver the $45 million FARMERS Doppler radars in western New New South Wales Koala Strategy, ƒƒ $3.5 million over four years to South Wales. The new radar stations including setting aside more than establish a Dairy Business Advisory will provide real time rainfall data 24,000 hectares of new koala Unit to continue industry support and wind observations to 34 local reserves. services and identify immediate and government areas in Western New necessary actions for the sector. South Wales, covering almost 30 per ESTABLISH AN cent of the state by 2022. INDEPENDENT INVESTING IN THE AGRICULTURE FORESTRY INDUSTRY PARTNERING WITH COMMISSIONER LANDCARE COMMUNITIES ƒƒ $40 million to support the forestry industry, including $34 million as IN NEW SOUTH WALES ƒƒ $2 million over four years to establish an independent Agriculture part of round two of the New South ƒƒ $22.4 million over four years Commissioner, with legislated Wales Forest Industries Innovation to expand the Local Landcare powers to protect the Right to Farm, Fund loan scheme and $3.5 million Coordinator Initiative, which will allowing farmers to undertake lawful to support training and certification. see a continuation of an ongoing agricultural practices whilst reducing partnership between Local Land conflict with other land users. Services and Landcare NSW, supporting ongoing sustainability and oversight of Landcare NSW.

026 ESTABLISH THE SYDNEY PRESERVING LAND QUANTUM ACADEMY AT WEST RYDE ƒƒ $15.4 million over five years to create ƒƒ Preserve land at West Ryde that is not the Sydney Quantum Academy, putting required for Sydney Water operations for New South Wales at the forefront of community use. the quantum computing industry, in partnership with the State’s leading PURCHASE BLUES $22.4 universities. POINT RESERVE MILLION IMPROVING THE ƒƒ Purchase One Henry Lawson Ave, McMahons Point, to bring the whole Blues ACCESSIBILITY OF Point Reserve into public ownership. to expand the RECREATIONAL FISHING Local Landcare ƒƒ Improve the accessibility of recreational PROTECTING CROWN LAND Coordinator fishing in Batemans Bay and Batemans FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST Marine Park by fast-tracking consultation Initiative ƒƒ Further strengthen legislation to ensure on a range of issues and creating a new Crown Land reserved for recreational large recreational fishing platform. purposes cannot be sold, leased or change purpose without approval by EMPOWERING HOMES the Minister, ensuring changes are in the PROGRAM public interest. ƒƒ A new program to support the rollout of solar panels and battery systems for up to UPGRADING SYDNEY 300,000 households across New South MOTORSPORT PARK Wales, improving energy reliability and ƒƒ $33.4 million to implement the New reducing the cost of living. South Wales Motor Sport Strategy, including a Motor Sport Centre for $149.5 RENEWABLE ENERGY BOOST Excellence, installation of permanent ƒƒ $30 million over four years to co-fund lighting at Sydney Motorsport Park and MILLION new on-demand clean energy projects upgrades to the Sydney International with the private sector through the Dragway. to improve access Emerging Energy Program, including to NSW National $10 million to pilot initiatives to recycle ADDITIONAL RECREATIONAL and re-use materials in solar panels and SPACES IN WESTERN SYDNEY Parks battery systems. PARKLANDS ROLL-OUT OF SOLAR PANELS ƒƒ $157 million over four years to undertake ON GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS improvement works at Western Sydney Parklands, including works at Bungarribee ƒƒ Accelerate the roll-out of solar panels on Park, cycle and walking tracks, native tree government buildings, such as schools planting, picnic and barbecue areas and and hospitals, with a target to reach additional car parking. 55,000 megawatt hours per year by 2024. INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS AT FINANCIAL RELIEF ON POWER MOUNT PENANG PARKLANDS BILLS FOR INDEPENDENT ƒƒ $16 million to deliver a comprehensive RETIREES package of essential infrastructure works ƒƒ Introduce an annual $200 energy rebate at Mount Penang Parklands, including from 1 July 2019 for eligible independent road and footpath upgrades and water retirees to meet cost of living pressures. and sewer provision.

ESTABLISH A MINISTER FOR IMPROVING ACCESS PUBLIC SPACES TO NATIONAL PARKS ƒƒ Establish a Minister for Public Spaces ƒƒ $149.5 million over four years to improve who will have responsibility for enhancing access to New South Wales national parks, and expanding the State’s parks, gardens through upgrading and extending walking and open spaces, ensuring that there trails, improving visitor infrastructure and is sufficient open space across New facilities and introducing online and digital South Wales and that public spaces are tools for virtual tours. welcoming and attractive.

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PLANNING, INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENT

NEW SHARED TRAIL BOOST DROUGHT investigate the raising of the FOR JINDABYNE SUPPORT FUNDING Wyangala Dam (as part of a $650 million commitment) with ƒƒ $11.8 million to construct a ƒƒ $350 million added to the Farm environmental and economic studies Jindabyne shared cycling and Innovation Fund, which provides to commence this year. walking trail. concessional interest rate loans to primary producers to support ƒƒ Investigate potential mass water CREATING A NEW farming communities affected by infrastructure projects that will NATIONAL PARK NEAR the drought, bringing the Fund to drought-proof Eastern Australia in $1 billion and the total investment in TUGALONG STATION the spirit of the Bradfield Scheme, drought support to over $1.8 billion. contingent on matched funding from ƒƒ Establish a new national park centred The Farm Innovation Fund will also the Commonwealth and other states. around Tugalong Station to ensure be accessible to commercial fishers that the vital koala wilderness area is and aquaculture businesses. GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN preserved. INFRASTRUCTURE WATER SECURITY FOR INVESTMENT (GABII) REVIEW THE PORT NEW SOUTH WALES PROGRAM STEPHENS-GREAT LAKES ƒƒ Develop plans for projects to ƒƒ $13 million over four years to MARINE PARK improve water security in regional rehabilitate high priority free flowing communities, including fast ƒƒ Conduct an immediate review of the bores and drains in the Great tracking regional water strategies, Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Artesian Basin to enhance reliability investigating a pipeline from Lostock Park. of water supply to reduce the impact Dam to Glennies Creek and of drought. $32 million over three years to

028 IMPROVEMENTS TO BELLINGEN WATER QUALITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT INVESTIGATIONS AT TERRIGAL PLANT BEACH AND TUGGERAH LAKES ƒƒ $9.9 million to the Bellingen Shire Council ƒƒ $700,000 to investigate water quality at from the Growing Local Economies fund Terrigal Beach and Tuggerah Lakes. for the Bellingen Wastewater Treatment Plant to replace existing onsite sewage PROTECTING SURFSIDE FROM $350 management systems with connections to COASTAL EROSION the Council’s sewerage network. ƒƒ Commit $5.3 million to fund engineering MILLION INVESTING IN WATER AND studies into options for managing coastal added to the erosion on Batemans Bay including Wharf SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE Road, Surfside and Long Beach, and build Farm Innovation PROJECTS the best infrastructure solution arising Fund ƒƒ $7.5 million from the Housing from the engineering studies. Acceleration Fund to the Central Coast Council for vital water and sewer SPECIAL ACTIVATION infrastructure projects in the Central PRECINCTS Coast. ƒƒ $20 million from Snowy Hydro Legacy ƒƒ $3.5 million from the Safe and Secure Fund to investigate Special Activation Water Program to the Eurobodalla Precincts in Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Shire Council for new water and sewage Williamtown and establish a Regional systems at Nelligen on the South Coast. Growth Development Corporation.

REFRESH VAUCLUSE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT FOR DIAMOND BAY THE VALLA GROWTH AREA ƒƒ Deliver the Refresh Vaucluse Diamond ƒƒ Invest $3 million from the Growing Local Bay project to redirect untreated Economies Fund toward the first stage wastewater away from three ocean of development of the new commercial outfalls at Vaucluse and Diamond Bay and industrial precinct in the Valla Growth and transfer it to the Bondi Wastewater Area to be completed in 2020. Treatment Plant.

EXPANDING COUNTRY UNIVERSITIES CENTRES ƒƒ $8 million over four years to establish at least another five Country Universities Centres across regional New South Wales. This investment will be used to:

‡‡ open at least five new regional hubs, established in collaboration with local communities, taking the number of regional centres to 13 across the state $8 ‡‡ expand on existing and developing Centres in Cooma, Broken Hill, Goulburn, MILLION Moree/Narrabri, Grafton and Griffith/Leeton

to establish Country ‡‡ provide students at Country University Centres access to specialised services Universities Centres and support currently unavailable via traditional distance education across regional NSW ‡‡ build new university centres in regional locations where currently there are no tertiary facilities.

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CUSTOMER SERVICE

NUCLEAR MEDICINE FINANCIAL RELIEF AND TECHNOLOGY HUB FOR REGULAR TOLL $12.5 ƒƒ $12.5 million over five years to establish ROAD USERS MILLION a Nuclear Medicine and Technology ƒƒ Introduction of half-priced rego from Hub at Lucas Heights in partnership 1 July 2019, for drivers who spend $15 or to establish a with the Australian Nuclear Science and more a week on tolls. Drivers who spend Technology Organisation to develop $25 or more a week on tolls will continue Nuclear Medicine cutting edge treatments. to receive free rego. and Technology Hub

RETIREMENT VILLAGE PROVIDING FINANCIAL RELIEF REFORMS TO HOUSEHOLD GAS USERS ƒƒ Introduce time limits on when retirement ƒƒ Expand the Energy Switch service to villages can charge for general services include household gas. and when they must sell or buy back a unit after the departure of a resident. 1 REFORM THE BUILDING AND /2 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY MAKING IT EASIER TO PRICE INTRODUCE RENEWABLE ƒƒ Appoint a Building Commissioner to act as the consolidated building regulator in rego for drivers ENERGY New South Wales with responsibilities to ƒƒ Lower the voting threshold for renewable licence and audit practitioners. who spend $15 energy projects in strata buildings from or more a week 75 to 50 per cent, to more easily install solar panels, battery storage and electric on tolls vehicle charging points in strata buildings.

EXPANDING SERVICE NSW CENTRES ƒƒ Roll out 10 new Service NSW centres across Metropolitan Sydney. New locations include:

‡‡ Merrylands

‡‡ Randwick

Expand footprint ‡‡ Revesby

of Service NSW ‡‡ Northmead across the State ‡‡ Engadine

‡‡ Glenmore Park

‡‡ Prestons/Edmondson Park

‡‡ Roselands

‡‡ North Sydney

‡‡ Schofields.

ƒƒ Roll out four one-stop shop Service NSW buses servicing communities throughout the State.

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PARTNERING WITH CLUBS IMPROVING QUAD BIKE SAFETY FOR NEW SOUTH WALES Helping Clubs in NSW through continuing to support the ClubGRANTS scheme, including FARMERS providing a grant to Yass Valley Council to ƒƒ $2.8 million over two years to extend the upgrade the Coronation Park Playground quad Bike Safety Improvement Program, and providing more support for clubs during including rebates for farmers who prefer $2.8 drought, modernising the Registered Clubs drones as alternatives to quad bikes. MILLION Act, partnering with clubs for education and training and regional job creation, extend Quad Bike introducing new responsible gambling policies and supporting the establishment Safety Improvement of new clubs. program

SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS Small business cost saving package Easy to do Business program

ƒƒ $300 million in workers compensation insurance ƒƒ Reduce red tape and enhance the Easy to do premium discounts over three years for 280,000 Business program through work undertaken by the employers via Insurance and Care NSW, delivering NSW Productivity Commissioner, including: an average discount of 8 per cent, and maximum of ‡‡ a review of government fees and charges on small 12.5 percent, for employers with the safest businesses. workplaces. ‡‡ enable businesses to opt-in to receive ƒƒ Continue to provide payroll tax relief by communications about policy or regulatory progressively increasing payroll tax brackets to changes affecting their industry. $1 million in 2021-22, with up to 38,000 businesses ‡‡ streamlining motor vehicle registrations for saving up to $8,175 off their tax bill individuals and businesses that own multiple vehicles, by providing an option for all ƒƒ Giving small businesses and tradies a head start registrations to fall due on the same day. in procurement by requiring NSW Government agencies to consider small business suppliers for everything they buy.

ƒƒ Provide small business with access to the NSW Government’s Energy Switch program.

033 WESTERN SYDNEY AEROTROPOLIS 034 Photo credit: Department of Planning, Industry and Environment TREASURY CLUSTER

TREASURY

250,000 NEW JOBS IN PROCUREMENT SAVINGS THE NEXT FOUR YEARS ƒƒ Treasury to coordinate the delivery of ƒƒ Create 250,000 new jobs over the next whole-of-government administrative and four years from 2019. procurement savings over the next four years from 1 July 2019. WESTERN SYDNEY START-UP HUB FOR $6.6 SMALL BUSINESSES ƒƒ $6.6 million over four years to establish MILLION the Western Sydney Start-up Hub, over four years providing subsidised and affordable work spaces and programs for businesses to establish the and startups in Western Sydney, with Western Sydney operations starting 1 July 2020. Start-up Hub

250,000 new jobs over the next four years

EMPLOYMENT PRECINCTS More employment precincts to drive jobs, boost education and create innovation

SYDNEY INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY PRECINCT Sydney is consolidating its position as a global hub for technology, investing in the creation of an innovation and technology precinct at Central-Eveleigh. The new Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct will become the digital destination for all of Australia with thousands of people working and learning, enhancing the State’s capability and assuring the jobs of the future.

AGRIBUSINESS PRECINCT IN THE WESTERN SYDNEY AEROTROPOLIS Establish an agribusiness precinct in the Western Sydney Aerotropolis which will contribute directly to 2,500 jobs and support up to 12,000 more. The precinct will include a series of high-tech farming and climate-controlled glasshouses that will produce fresh food and handle incoming produce from New South Wales farms for global export.

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PRECINCT A new integrated Central Coast Education and Employment Precinct around Gosford CBD with increased education and job opportunities, creating 1,000 local jobs and up to 3,000 tertiary and vocational education opportunities.

035 ILLUMINARTE 036 Photo credit: Greater Sydney Commission BEHIND THE SCENES ON LADIES IN BLACK WITH ANGOURIE RICE AND BRUCE BERESFORD Photo credit: Lisa Tomasetti PREMIER & CABINET CLUSTER

PREMIER & CABINET

SUPPORTING ENHANCING PUBLIC SECTOR VISION AUSTRALIA INTEGRITY MEASURES ƒƒ $2 million over four years for Vision Australia through the ƒƒ Require all members of Parliament to publish diary and State Library of New South Wales, to enable the provision overseas travel information and any third-party lobbyist of expanded services and a greater selection of audio and representing a foreign state or controlled entity to braille books to the 126,000 people who are blind or have disclose those links on the Lobbyist Register. low vision.

WESTERN PARKLAND CITY LIVEABILITY PROGRAM ƒƒ $99.2 million over four years (including $49.6 million from the Australian Government) towards developing local community initiatives under the Western Parkland City Liveability Program, a joint initiative with the Australian Government and various local councils. Key projects include:

‡‡ $15 million to develop three sport ‡‡ $15 million to support Blue $99.2 and recreation facilities in the Mountains community initiatives Camden area MILLION ‡‡ $13 million towards building a ‡‡ $15 million to rejuvenate the town community and recreational hub developing centres of Windsor, Richmond in Phillips Park, Lurnea and South Windsor local community ‡‡ $9.4 million to upgrade the initiatives ‡‡ $15 million to transform the Fairfield showgrounds Regatta Park precinct in Penrith ‡‡ $1.9 million towards ‡‡ $15 million to deliver the improvements to support Campbelltown Billabong additional growth, improve access Parklands, a landmark and iconic and promote healthy living, in swimming lagoon at Apex Park, Wollondilly Shire. Bradbury

037 038 LOCAL COMMUNITIES

Delivery of local community projects providing grants to local councils and non-government organisations across New South Wales to support community engagement, local sporting organisations, local tourism and local economies. Local projects include:

SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES St. Paul’s Coptic Orthodox Church ƒƒ $3.5 million to expand the Hornsby in Guildford. Mountain Bike Trail. ƒƒ $25 million to establish the Byron Bay Sustainable Tourism Fund to ƒƒ $100,000 to replace the roof at ƒƒ $3 million to the Dubbo Rifle Club manage the impact of tourism on St Joseph’s Catholic Church and for a new purpose built shooting the region and locals. improve accessibility at St Mary & complex for approved target St Joseph’s Coptic Orthodox Church shooting disciplines. ƒƒ $11.6 million to continue funding the in Oatley. Ability Links NSW disability program ƒƒ $3 million to upgrade Tuncurry Golf in 2019-20. ƒƒ $100,000 to the Animal Hospital in Course. Lismore. ƒƒ $8 million towards stage one of the ƒƒ $3 million to Bowraville Recreational North Coast Beaches Multi Purpose ƒƒ $35,000 for equipment at the Koala club for the Bowraville Sport and Community Centre in Woolgoolga. Triage, Treatment and Pathology Youth Hub. Clinic in Lismore. ƒƒ $7.5 million towards the first stage ƒƒ $3 million to upgrade sporting fields of a new Australian Opal Centre in at Parramatta Park. Lightning Ridge. INVESTING IN SPORT AND RECREATION ƒƒ $3 million to Penrith City Council to ƒƒ $5 million to Cabonne Council for ƒƒ $25 million from the Growing Local upgrade the synthetic running track, a new library, community hall and Economies Fund for a purpose-built the oval, amenities and lighting at learning centre in Molong. sporting precinct at Orange. Parker Street Fields. ƒƒ $4 million towards to the Berry ƒƒ $25 million to Newcastle Basketball ƒƒ $2.5 million to Hornsby Shire Rotary Club for the Berry kids to build a new indoor sports stadium Council for bushwalking trails. playground. at Hillsborough. ƒƒ More than $2 million to upgrade ƒƒ $3.4 million to the Oxley Vale ƒƒ $15 million to build a new sports the sports grounds at Tahmoor and Lifelong Learning Centre to provide hub in Cooma, including a synthetic Picton. more appropriate spaces for athletic track and an indoor sports activities undertaken by students, ƒƒ $2 million for the redevelopment of facility with three courts. community groups and the elderly. Gladesville Oval and Reserve. ƒƒ $13.5 million to the Bega Valley ƒƒ $3.3 million to commence ƒƒ $2 million to upgrade the Oberon Shire Council to upgrade the Bega construction of Grace’s Place, a Football Ground and Fitness Park. and Pambula Sporting Complexes world-first residential recovery and Merimbula Basketball Courts. centre, to help children and young ƒƒ $1.8 million to Easts Rugby Club to upgrade facilities to improve people through the trauma of losing ƒƒ $10 million for the Coffs Harbour equality for female athletes. a loved one due to homicide. Recreational Boat Ramp. ƒƒ $1.5 million to upgrade the ƒƒ $2 million to Albury Local Council ƒƒ $10 million to the Verge Street amenities block at Penrith Tennis to support community engagement, Fields (Kempsey Sporting Complex) Centre. local sporting organisations for Project. young women, local tourism and ƒƒ $1.5 million to Hornsby Shire Council local economies. ƒƒ $10 million to upgrade the Goulburn for a synthetic pitch for the Northern Aquatic and Leisure Centre. ƒƒ $2 million to provide improved Suburbs Football Association. security infrastructure for more than ƒƒ $9 million to fully upgrade the Mark ƒƒ $1.5 million to Hornsby Shire Council 30 Jewish places of worship, aged- Taylor Oval in Waitara. to upgrade the Ron Payne Reserve care facilities and schools. ƒƒ $4.5 million to the Southern at North Epping. ƒƒ $1.5 million to upgrade Edward Districts Football Association to ƒƒ $900,000 to Georges River Council Bennett Park, Cherrybrook and upgrade Ernie Smith Reserve. for decontamination of the Oatley make it an inclusive playspace. ƒƒ $1.2 million to Alstonville Football Bowling Club. ƒƒ $1.5 million grant to Lismore Council Club for the clubhouse and lighting ƒƒ $750,000 to Blue Mountains Council to support community activities. redevelopment. to upgrade amenities at Lapstone ƒƒ $207,000 to support churches ƒƒ $3.8 million for a new Brunswick Oval. in Granville, including St. Mary’s Heads Surf Club.$3.6 million to Antiochian Orthodox Church in upgrade Kingsford Smith Park, Mays Hill and St. Anthony’s and Ballina.

039 ƒƒ $750,000 to Canterbury Bankstown ƒƒ $200,000 to Mid Coast Council to ƒƒ $2 million towards the final stage Council to upgrade sporting facilities upgrade Myall Lakes Tennis Centre. of the Gannons Park water quality for local sporting teams using Marco Improvement and stormwater Reserve and provide a modern LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE harvesting project. clubhouse. ƒƒ $44 million to build a new road ƒƒ $600,000 to the Tweed Shire ƒƒ $750,000 to upgrade amenities connection between Garfield Road Council for maintenance of the and complete the second block at at Denmark Road and Westminster Northern Rivers Rail Trail. Leonay Oval. Street, near Riverstone. ƒƒ $93,000 to Mullumbimby High ƒƒ $500,000 to Penrith City Council ƒƒ An additional $14.3 million towards School for a new Bus Shelter. to upgrade the Eileen Cammack Stage 1 of the Moss Vale Bypass, Reserve. bringing total investment to $20 million. ƒƒ $400,000 towards a new clubhouse and other amenity upgrades at ƒƒ $5.5 million to the NSW Rail the Hammondville Oval, including Museum to re-open the Picton Loop storage facilities, change rooms for Line, a 152 year old line between female participants and disability Buxton and Colo Vale. bathrooms.

LOCAL COMMUNITIES CONT.

OTHER LOCAL PROJECTS

EARLY CHILDHOOD UPGRADE OLDS PARK PORTLAND TOUCH EDUCATION GRANTS ƒƒ Provide $500,000 to Georges FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION PROGRAM River Council to install new irrigation UPGRADES and resurface the field at Olds Park ƒƒ $14,850 to Bundanoon District ƒƒ Provide $500,000 to Portland Preschool to build a new chicken pen Field 2. Touch Football Association towards and vegetable garden to enhance upgrades of its facilities. ƒNEW MULTI-USE their weekly cooking program, and ƒ to build children’s understanding COMMUNITY SPORTS UPGRADE KNAPSACK PARK of where their food comes from. PAVILION AT ƒƒ Provide $750,000 to the Blue As well as $60,000 to the Port GRANVILLE PARK Mountains Council to upgrade Stephens Mobile Preschool Activity Knapsack Park in Glenbrook. Van to continue its services. ƒƒ Provide $2.7 million to Cumberland Council from within the Greater FIRE STATION Sydney Sports Facility Fund, NEW MULTI-SPORT IN LISMORE for a new multi-use community PRECINCT sports pavilion at Granville Park, ƒƒ $2.2 million from the Greater ƒƒ Provide planning funding for a new Merrylands. Sydney Sports Facility Fund to the co-located Fire and Rescue NSW Wollondilly Shire Council towards and Ambulance station in Lismore. UPGRADE THE PENNANT the Wilton Recreational Reserve HILLS DEMONS AFL CLUB multi-sports precinct. NEW KINGSCLIFF FIRE STATION ƒƒ Provide $965,000 to build a new club house for the Pennant Hills INSTALLING SAFETY ƒƒ Provide funding to purchase land Demons AFL Club at Ern Holmes LIGHTING FOR REGIONAL and build a new fire station in Oval. TOWNS Kingscliff. ƒƒ $110,000 towards installing safety MARK LEECE FIELDS NEW RESCUE RAFT lighting in Jindabyne, Bombala, UPGRADE Berridale and Cooma. FOR SES HOLROYD ƒƒ Provide $1.3 million to Penrith City ƒƒ Provide $10,000 to the Holroyd SES Council to upgrade Mark Leece unit to purchase a new rescue raft Fields at St Clair. and other equipment.

040 NEW PORTLAND CEMENT UPGRADE YASS WATER FUNDING FOR WORKS MUSEUM TREATMENT PLANT GARRAWARRA CENTRE ƒƒ Provide $500,000 to ‘the ƒƒ Provide $1.2 million to upgrade the RESIDENTIAL AGED Foundations’ to build a new Portland Yass water treatment plant from the CARE FACILITY Cement Works Museum. Safe and Secure Water Program, ƒƒ $177,000 for a new bus and following business case finalisation. equipment at the Garrawarra Centre UPGRADE BANGALOW residential aged care facility. LIONS CLUB INVESTIGATION OF COEDUCATIONAL ƒƒ $228,000 to upgrade the Bangalow KARITANE RESIDENTIAL Lions Club bar and BBQ kiosk. FACILITY AT HORNSBY SERVICE UPGRADE ƒƒ Commence a feasibility study to ƒƒ $130,000 to Karitane Residential UPGRADE COOMA CBD build a new coeducational facility to Service for upgrades to support meet growing demands of residents ƒƒ $1 million to upgrade Sharp Street their work helping new parents and in Hornsby. in the Cooma CBD. babies.

REVITALISE LISMORE CBD BANKSIA MENTAL HEALTH ONG JETTY HEALTHCARE UNIT REDEVELOPMENT CENTRE UPGRADE ƒƒ $1.5 million to the Lismore City Council to revitalise the Lismore ƒƒ Planning for the redevelopment of ƒƒ $110,000 to upgrade air CBD. the Banksia Mental Health Unit in conditioning units at the Long Tamworth under the State-wide Jetty Healthcare Centre. SCONE MAIN STREET Mental Health Infrastructure Program. UPGRADES NEW EQUIPMENT FOR MOUNT DRUITT HOSPITAL ƒƒ $7 million to the Upper Hunter Shire NEW QUEANBEYAN Council for the Scone Main Street RESPITE CARE CENTRE ƒƒ $17,000 for two medical grade upgrades. treadmills at Mount Druitt Hospital. ƒƒ $750,000 to build a respite care ESTABLISH A CITRUS centre in Queanbeyan to support people suffering from terminal and CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE chronic illness. ƒƒ $300,000 to the Griffith Centre for Irrigated Agriculture (GCIA) to establish a Citrus Centre of Excellence in Griffith.

This document contains announcements made by the New South Wales Government during the 2019 election campaign. It includes election commitments costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), as well as other announcements from programs. Some announcements which are funded by existing business as usual programs may not be included in this document. Projects delivered over a longer time frame may have planning money allocated or partial funding reserved.

041 GETTING it DONE