Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

That is a common-sense position that people in Western Sydney understand. That is why we have contributed $25 million, announced in last year's budget, to enable the business case to be developed: because it is very clear that we need to get the planning in the project right first time, in order to ensure there is proper use of taxpayers' funds.

Premier O'Farrell has a bit more work to do. First he said the city connection would go to Camperdown. Next he said, in an op-ed in today's Daily Telegraph, that the city connection would go only as far as Petersham. Next week it might be Ashfield. One thing I do know is that Camperdown and Petersham are not in the city. I do know that taking a freight connection to the side of Sydney airport closest to St Peters does not get freight to the port. King Street, Newtown, is not a thoroughfare; it is a roadblock. Unless we get this right the first time, it will simply fail.

I notice that the Liberal candidate for Lindsay took out a full-page ad last week—

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