Mark Speakman
NSW Leader of the Opposition
Scott Farow
Shadow Minister for Planning and Public Spaces
Shadow Minister for Housing
AN ELECTED NSW LIBERALS AND NATIONALS GOVERNMENT IN 2027
WILL PRESS GO ON CAMELLIA-ROSEHILL
An elected NSW Liberals and Nationals Government in 2027 will press go on the long-delayed Camellia-Rosehill project, ending years of Labor excuses and paralysis that have left Western Sydney families waiting for homes that should already exist.
Opposition Leader Mark Speakman will confirm this commitment today at the Business Western Sydney Roundtable Lunch, where he will deliver the keynote address outlining the Coalition's bold housing and infrastructure agenda to get New South Wales building again.
The Camellia-Rosehill Place Strategy was finalised under the former Liberals and Nationals Government in 2022 with a clear plan for up to 10,000 new homes, up to 15,400 new jobs, light rail connections, public spaces and an 18-hour entertainment precinct along the Parramatta River. The blueprint was ready for delivery, but Labor has done nothing except delay and obstruct.
Since taking office, the Minns Labor Government has buried the project in bureaucracy and left families, businesses and builders in limbo. Housing approvals have fallen sharply, and costs have risen while Labor continues to slug Sydney homebuyers with a $12,000 Housing and Planning tax on every new home. Labor is making it harder, not easier, for families to own a home.
An elected NSW Liberals and Nationals Government in 2027 will restart the Camellia-Rosehill rezoning immediately, unlock new homes, create jobs and make this long-promised precinct a reality for Western Sydney.
Opposition Leader Mark Speakman said families and frontline workers cannot live in press releases.
"Camellia-Rosehill was ready to go but Labor walked away. An elected NSW Liberals and Nationals Government in 2027 will press go, build homes, create jobs and deliver for the people of Western Sydney. We will get back to work for the families Labor has forgotten," Mr Speakman said.
Shadow Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Scott Farlow said Camellia-Rosehill should already be alive with new homes, cafés and construction jobs but Labor hit pause.
"The Liberals and Nationals completed the plan in 2022, and Labor has done nothing since. We will get Sydney building again and deliver homes for first home buyers, renters and frontline workers who've been locked out by Labor's inaction," Mr Farlow said.
At today's Business Western Sydney Roundtable Lunch, Mr Speakman will also confirm that the NSW Liberals and Nationals' 2027 plan includes so far:
Redeveloping Long Bay Correctional Complex into a new community with up to 12,000 homes supported by schools, parks and transport links.
Delivering the Woollahra Station precinct redevelopment to create more housing and improve local transport connections.
Fast-tracking rezoning across the Newtown/St Peters/Erskineville/Macdonaldtown precinct to unlock up to 15,000 new homes close to jobs, transport and essential services.
Restarting Camellia-Rosehill immediately to deliver 10,000 homes and 15,400 jobs in the heart of Western Sydney.
More announcements will follow in the coming months as the NSW Liberals and Nationals set out their plan to get New South Wales building again from 2027.
Labor promised a housing revolution but delivered a housing recession. The NSW Liberals and Nationals will press go, deliver homes and make New South Wales work again.
