After three years of Labor in government, the difference in NSW is not theoretical.

It is practical.

It is visible.

And it is being felt in communities everywhere from Summer Hill to Cessnock.

This Government is focused on delivery.

Not announcements without follow‑through.

Not glossy brochures masking neglect.

But delivery — of the services people rely on every single day.

For more than a decade, those opposite presided over rising costs, suppressed wages, privatisation, and a steady erosion of public services — even in communities they claimed were well‑served.

They left behind ageing infrastructure, workforce shortages, and schools and hospitals that were expected to “make do”.

The Minns Labor Government has taken a fundamentally different approach.

 And that approach is being felt everywhere — including in my community of Summer Hill.

The two major hospitals in the Sydney Local Area health district, RPA and Canterbury are receiving a combined investment of almost $1.3 billion – just part of the largest health budget in New South Wales history.

But we’re not just invest in shiny new buildings.

We are invested in people.

• 4,309 new nurses.
• 1,065 new doctors.
• 740 new ambulance staff.
• 1,125 new allied health staff.

Because anyone who works in health knows this simple truth: a hospital without staff is just a building.

 And we rely on a people-based system, for people.

But those opposite failed to acknowledge that reality and their approach saw staff pushed to breaking point.

We lost critical staff interstate, and existing services were stretched as a result.  

That is changing.

The experience across the public education sector is a similar story.

I’m so pleased to report to the House that over the Summer holidays the NSW Government did a maintenance blitz in our public schools to make sure our learning environments are up to scratch for all of our students.

In my electorate alone, over $3 million worth of maintenance work was delivered directly to public schools.

Roofs repaired. Some that had been leaking for years!

Classrooms upgraded.

Facilities finally brought up to standard.

And since this Government came to office, there has been more than $10 million invested into Summer Hill public schools alone.

We are addressing the decade of neglect our public schools endured under previous Liberal governments.

For years, schools were told to wait.

To defer.

To patch and patch again.

We have stopped asking schools to tolerate neglect — and started fixing it.

And we’re also delivering across the Transport sector.

Our priorities are clear. Invest to deliver more reliable services, so that more people can catch public transport more often.

Because everyone wins when families can be less reliant on cars, its cheaper, greener and can change the way we work, study and move across our city and state.

This Government saved the Southwest Metro — a project that was on the chopping block under the previous government.

We saved it because we believe that the people of Southwest Sydney — and the communities that rely on that network — deserve better than uncertainty and broken promises, they deserve world‑class public transport.

And because transport costs are a real part of household budgets, we delivered practical relief.

We kept the $50‑a‑week Opal cap.

We ensured fare increases remain below inflation.

And we delivered concession fares on Friday for everyone.

That’s not abstract policy.

That’s help people feel every week.

Housing, transport, health and education all rely on one thing to work properly — people.

And that’s why removing the wages cap was not just an industrial decision — it was a service delivery decision.

For years, essential workers were asked to do more for less.

And then those opposite acted surprised when nurses, teachers and paramedics left.

When the Liberals deliberately suppressed their wages.

We chose a different path and by restoring real wages growth, this Government is rebuilding the workforce that keeps our state running — and the signs of change are clear.

Workers are staying and vacancies are easing.

Services are improving and that is meaningful and real for every community across our state.

It’s about whether schools are safe and maintained.

Whether hospitals are staffed.

Whether transport is affordable.

And whether workers are respected.

Three years in, our Government is delivering on those fundamentals.

And unlike those opposite, we know what we stand for and the people of NSW can have confidence in that.

We make the hard decisions that set us up for the future.

We stay the course and do that hard work to fix the things that make people’s lives better.

And we’ll keep working for communities right across New South Wales.