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Western Sydney Advocacy In Action

Our strategic goals and priorities

 

Greater Western Sydney is home to over 44 per cent of Sydney's total population, which also represents almost 10 per cent of Australia's total population. If it was a stand-alone state, Western Sydney would be the third largest economy in Australia ahead of other capital cities such as Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Business Western Sydney advocates across a wide array of projects, campaigns and ideas to make Western Sydney a better place to live, work and play.

Employment & Education Transport & Connectivity Planning & Placemaking Infrastructure Arts & Culture Health

employment & education

  • Shifting the needle on jobs to Western Sydney and addressing the 200,000 jobs deficit in the region.
  • Reinvigorating the metropolitan clusters of Western Sydney, making them more attractive places for private sector investment to stimulate the creation of local jobs.
  • Working with the Government and private sector to identify and maximise employment opportunities in Western Sydney.
  • Identifying and nurturing new sectors, such as advanced manufacturing in the Western Sydney Aerotropolis.
  • Advocating for the growth of Western Sydney's world-class tertiary education system.
  • Being a voice for a strong local jobs policy including mandating local employment requirements as often as possible.
  • Calling for the expansion of training and education services to help displaced workers reskill and to support the retention of apprenticeships. 

transport & connectivity

  • Advocating for the construction of the Western Sydney International Airport.
  • Advocating for the Government to commit to Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2
  • Advocating for the Sydney Metro West and a fast connection between Parramatta and Sydney CBDs.
  • Advocating for expansions to the Metro network across Western Sydney, including Macarthur to the Western Sydney Airport and Liverpool to Bankstown
  • Continual advocacy for expansions to vital arterial roads in Western Sydney including the M9/12, connecting to Western Sydney Airport.
  • Calling for the duplication of the Port Botany freight line, finishing the Maldon to Dunbarton Freight line, inter-Modal freight facility at the Western Sydney Airport and Western Highway to connect country NSW directly to Western Sydney Airport.

Planning & Placemaking

  • Advocating for a greener Western Sydney with more trees to improve amenity and reduce the heat island effect.
  • Reimagining the Lancer Barracks in Parramatta as a public square and green space for Sydney’s Central City.
  • Partnering with the Sydney Olympic Park Business Association to promote Sydney Olympic Park as a super lifestyle precinct supporting more housing and jobs.
  • Exploring what the rejuvination of Western Sydney high street shopping strips and greater accessibility to local shops within each suburb could deliver for a community.

INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Calling for reform of Council rates to fund better local amenity projects and creating vibrant local city centres.
  • Advocating for further construction of social housing across Sydney both to accommodate lower income households but also stimulating the construction industry during downturns.
  • Bringing forward the maintenance of public housing and roads, and the digitisation of rail signalling, to provide jobs for tradies and stimulate local demand for manufacturing.

arts & Culture

  • Consistent advocacy for an increase in expenditure on Arts in Western Sydney, who currently represent 33% of NSW receive less than 10% of the available funding.
  • Establishing Powerhouse Museum Parramatta as a world-class museum in Western Sydney.
  • Exploring the idea of an "expo-themed" event in Western Sydney
  • Supporting the foundation and launch of SoundWest, a five-day technology and music festival with adjoining conference to showcase the immense talent emanating out Western Sydney.
  • Calling for changes to Planning laws allowing for more live music at established venues, and to create more dedicated live music venues in Western Sydney.

Health

  • Continued advocacy for the Liverpool Innovation Precinct, an award-winning campaign with a focus on creating a jobs engine in the South-West.
  • Advocating for the creation of a masterplan for Westmead's health and innovation district.
  • Supporting the redevelopment of the Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital to stimulate the Bankstown town centre, improve walk-ability, attract smart jobs and encourage public transport use.

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