Mark Speakman
NSW Leader of the Opposition
Natalie Ward
Shadow Minister for Transport and Roads
Shadow Minister for Infrastructure
This morning, the mask slipped. On live radio, Premier Chris Minns admitted that the NSW Labor Government wants to introduce two-way tolling on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, just to fund the $60 toll cap they promised wouldn't be needed long-term.
They campaigned on "no new tolls", but now they're going to slug drivers twice to cross the same bridge.
This is the latest in a long line of Labor's broken promises.
We know of the 19 Labor Ministers who broke their pledge to protect injured workers, and today they broke their promise on no new tolls, without even a media release to explain it.
They quietly dropped it into a breakfast radio chat. No transparency. No accountability.
Chris Minns helped build the toll network when he worked for Labor's former Roads Minister Carl Scully. Now he's doubling down on it. He wants drivers to pay more just to fund a toll cap his government can't afford, because instead of investing in infrastructure or even an infrastructure minister, they spent millions on another toll review that delivered nothing and even continues to pay the consultants.
Labor governs by ambush, not by integrity. And it's costing people more every day.
What really goes on in this Government, when issues hit too close to home, their instinct is to ignore the substance, attack the messenger and pretend the problem doesn't exist.
Today's revelation shows that it's not just one broken promise. It's a pattern. And it's life under Labor.
Leader of the Opposition Mark Speakman said Chris Minns campaigned on no new tolls.
"Now he's taxing people twice to cross the Harbour Bridge or use the Harbour Tunnel. Labor had a choice to cut waste, or new tolls. They chose new tolls and more broken promises," Mr Speakman said.
Shadow Minister for Transport and Roads and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure Natalie Ward said this two-way tolling is sneaky, costly, and dishonest.
"Labor is using Sydney drivers as a cash machine to cover their own failures. Chris Minns broke faith with voters today, and every driver in this city will pay for it."
