00:00Here in Sydney's west, locals are stretched.
00:06We've seen rental prices go up, we've seen mortgages go up.
00:09Eight Outer Western Sydney councils are demanding more federal government investment.
00:15Their key ask, a train line connecting growing hubs to each other, not just the CBD.
00:22A new metro from Western Sydney Airport to St Mary's is already underway,
00:27but they want it extended further north.
00:30It's about how do we get people from an area like Campbelltown to Penrith to go to work for the day.
00:36At the moment it's two and a half hours by public transport, that's just not good enough.
00:40We are talking about an extraordinary and unprecedented amount of money that's going into South Western Sydney.
00:45I have to balance that against the taxpayers of Goulburn and Lismore and Dubbo and Broken Hill.
00:51With a federal election just weeks away, both sides of politics have been vying to appeal to voters
00:56in the outer suburban belt around Sydney's west.
01:00These areas have been hit hard by the rising cost of housing and transport,
01:05as well as population growth outpacing infrastructure investment.
01:10The government and opposition have been campaigning heavily in Western Sydney.
01:14To build the new infrastructure and invest in vital services.
01:18But today many residents of Western Sydney are struggling.
01:21The labour team today broke ground with the state government on a new school in the city's north west.
01:28We all grew up in Western Sydney.
01:30It was the same sorry tale.
01:32People would move in and have to wait for ages for the infrastructure and the schools to be developed.
01:38Well, we're saying enough is enough.
01:40Big promises for a region with big aspirations.
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