The Coalition still offers the better hope of getting Australia’s most populous state through the gathering national economic downturn.
The NSW Coalition government has been in office for 12 years, and has all the wear and tear of a government of that vintage. Yet, going by its mostly effective track record, it still offers the better hope of getting Australia’s most populous state through the gathering national economic downturn and into a new phase of growth.
NSW now leads all other Australian governments in digital delivery of services, thanks to the outgoing Victor Dominello.Ms Berejiklian and Mr Perrottet refused to panic during the pandemic, and kept a balanced view of health risks and damage to livelihoods to lead the country out of lockdown. Now it’s strictly kitchen-table relief: Labor and the Coalition are spending big to cap weekly road tolls and public transport fares and rebate power bills. Mr Minns will scrap stamp duty for properties under $800,000. Mr Perrottet will even buy time for voters by lifting the speed limit on the new WestConnex motorway, worth 18 minutes a week to frazzled commuters.Both parties promise to spend more than $5 billion apiece over the next four years to get elected.
When last in office, Labor’s big idea was to declare Sydney closed. Mr Minns’ contribution to the difficult infrastructure debate is his populist promise of no further privatisation, spooking Mr Perrottet into doing the same.
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