The Minns Labor Government is proposing simpler, more flexible planning rules to make better use of industrial land, back investment and create jobs across New South Wales.

Today, Kellie Sloane and the Liberals have unveiled a plan to avoid building more homes near infrastructure in Woollahra by shifting housing growth to Long Bay, without any new public transport investment needed to support it, while leaving taxpayers facing a potential multibillion-dollar bill to relocate a working prison, replace 1,200 beds and displace more than 1,000 staff.

Eleven new housing projects have been declared as State Significant Development (SSD) following recommendations from the Housing Delivery Authority (HDA).

A re-elected Minns Labor Government will deliver the largest single investment in heavy rail infrastructure in generations for the Illawarra and South Coast, committing $6.8 billion to the South Coast Rail Plan to electrify the Kiama to Bomaderry service and double the tracks at key bottlenecks.

The Albanese and Minns Labor Governments and Muswellbrook and Lake Macquarie councils have worked together to unlock more than 7,000 jobs for the Hunter, as major post mining land use controls are finalised to enable new industrial precincts that will drive economic growth across the region for decades to come.

The Minns Labor Government has delivered on its election commitment to provide certainty to workers and communities in coal-producing regions by establishing the Future Jobs Investment Authority.

The Minns Labor Government is cracking down on illegal tree clearing, introducing tougher penalties for vandals and greater enforcement powers for councils. 

The Minns Labor Government is investing $5 million into making Penrith Lakes a recreational fishing haven that will open parts of the parklands to people for the first time after the transformation is completed in 2028.

Wentworth Park is set for a major transformation, with the Minns Labor Government moving ahead with plans to turn the former greyhound racing site into community sporting fields and public open space as part of an expanded 14-hectare parkland.

The Minns Labor Government is fast-tracking the delivery of 1300 new homes under its $1 billion Pre-sale Finance Guarantee.