Getting around Australia's major cities can be daunting, and infrastructure spending looms as a critical issue ahead of the budget on 2 April. For some in the marginal seat of Reid, easing the city's gridlock is high on their agendas.
Sunny Li is a 33-year-old corporate worker who lives in one of the most congested areas in Australia, Sydney's bustling and diverse suburb of Burwood in Sydney's inner west. “We have a young family, for me, I just want to spend time with my kid as much as possible," he tells SBS News.
“If one of the parties announces that they would improve our train stations, improve our roads, I would definitely be looking at the policies in more detail.”For Sunny, his daily commute is not only time-consuming but also uncomfortable. “We've gone from 6,500 planned apartments to nearly 15,000 that are going to be built and there's been no commensurate investment in infrastructure to provide means for people to get in and out of the suburb either by car or public transport.”Bronwyn is particularly concerned about a lack of long term policy to tackle the problem.
It involves a smaller annual permanent migration cap and several incentives designed to attract to and keep skilled migrants and international students in regional areas.“I think it's window dressing, it's a populist policy," she says."It's not actually going to do anything to fix the problem.”
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