NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has unveiled budget surpluses worth almost $12 billion, underpinned by stamp duty from a booming property market and asset privatisations as well as $23 billion worth of cost cuts.
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Describing his first state budget as "the envy of the western world", Mr Perrottet outlined measures squarely focused on the provision of "social infrastructure". Read more
Winners and losers in the NSW budget: In summary: Koalas and kids win, baddies and foreigners lose. Read on
'Nurses and teachers' budget delivers investment to regions "largest in modern history": A $1.3 billion regional fund to turbocharge the regions leads a large infrastructure spend on roads, water, schools and hospitals in the NSW budget. Read more
What’s in it for the Illawarra, South Coast? The 2017 NSW budget had plenty of cash to continue the region's work-in-progress projects - on the roads and at our hospitals - but little to satisfy those looking for a new, big ticket item. Read more
Hunter misses out on big infrastructure spend: The Hunter has missed out on any major new spending commitments in Tuesday's state budget, despite the government boasting of record infrastructure spending and surpluses as far as the eye can see. Read more
$65 million super-school to be built in Armidale: Duval and Armidale High Schools will be demolished and replaced with brand new, state-of-the-art high school for 1500 students. Read more
Farm sector bags $12m tax cuts: From January 1, 2018, duties on crop and livestock insurance will be abolished which will save farmers $12 million over the next four years. Read more
Pacific, Princes highways funds boost and $500m to fix country roads in transport budget: A bypass for Scone and the continued upgrade of the Pacific Highway feature in the NSW Government's road spend including $500m promised to fix country roads. The big ticket items include the completion of the Berry bypass and the Bomaderry-Berry upgrade on the Princes Highway ($137m) and completing all projects on the Pacific Highway between Port Macquarie and Glenugie near Grafton, and the planning of a Coffs Harbour bypass. Read more
State government pledges $5 million for Maitland Hospital site preparation: Despite the state government’s claim of enabling “the biggest ever capital investment in our healthcare system”, only $5 million has been announced for the new Maitland Hospital. Read more
PRE-BUDGET COVERAGE
Berejiklian unveils record school infrastructure spend
The Premier and Education Minister Rob Stokes announced the new funding in the lead up to Tuesday’s budget, calling it the “biggest NSW government investment in education infrastructure in history”.
The funding will help to pay for 120 new and upgraded schools that the government says will create 32,000 more student places and 1500 new classrooms across the state, and brings total spending on new and upgraded schools to $4.2 billion to 2020-21.
New hall plus expanded schools: In the Hunter the funding would go to five schools: Rutherford Public School, Belmont High School, Newcastle East Public, Nulkaba Public School and Callaghan College Jesmond Campus. Read more
Newcastle light rail funding continues: The Berejiklian government will allocate $206 million to revitalising Newcastle’s city-centre in Tuesday’s budget. Read more
Millions for Berry-Bomaderry highway upgrade: The NSW government will spend about $400 million over the next four years to upgrade the Princes Highway between Berry and Bomaderry – bringing what was a planned, yet unfunded road project to life. Read more
Maitland waits for NSW budget over new hospital funding: When the state government hands down its budget on Tuesday night there will be one question on the city’s mind – where is the money to build the new Maitland hospital? Read more
Werris Creek water treatment plant funding expected in NSW budget: The Liverpool Plains mayor is quietly confident the state government will put up $10m for the much-needed upgrade of the Werris Creek water treatment plant in the upcoming budget. Read more
Hopes for funds to start mental health unit construction: Port Macquarie MP Leslie Williams says she is hopeful that the Budget will include funding for the start of construction on the new mental health unit at Port Macquarie Base Hospital. Read more
NSW Budget to contain money for new Bathurst ambulance station: Though he couldn’t confirm the location for the new station, Member for Bathurst Paul Toole could confirm that budget funds would be allocated to the project and a development application for it was likely “in the coming months”. Read more
Inverell Hospital redevelopment will be revealed: The green light for Inverell Hospital’s $30 million redevelopment depends on the State Budget. Read more