NSW residents will soon be handed the first Labor state budget in more than a decade, with promises of short-term relief and long-term reforms.
Labor’s first NSW budget in 13 years will walk a tightrope, battling a once-in-a-generation living costs crisis while promising higher spending on essential services and trying to avoid crippling future debt.
“Not every problem will be fixed overnight, but what people will see is this government showing respect to the essential workers who provide services the community relies upon,” he told AAP.Credit:“People want more and people need more from our essential services, but we are striking a very careful balance here.”
“If we’re prepared to borrow money from our children and our grandchildren, we’ve got to be sure that we’re spending it on projects that build the state for the future,” he said. “What people are looking for is a government that is prepared to think a bit long-term and isn’t just interested in short-term solutions to deep-seated problems.”
“It’s going to take time, NSW has not hit its housing supply growth targets for more than seven years and you can’t turn a ship like that around overnight,” Mookhey said. Mr Mookhey said the government was trying to “undo the damage” caused by the privatisation of public services in the past decade, including the O’Farrell Liberal government’s $50 million sale of Eraring in 2013.
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