Secret western Sydney infrastructure review ignored in federal budget

It asked the federal government to urgently fund strategic and final business cases for several road and public transport projects in the May 2023 budget, noting significant investment was already underway in NSW and the market had no capacity to commence more projects at present.

It provided early recommendations to federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine King in March, so they could be considered for the budget – although NSW was in caretaker mode at that time. The panel called for…