Question in Parliament: Government's promises following by-election

My question is directed to the Premier. When will the Government provide a time line for the delivery of the commitments made to the people at the recent Wagga Wagga by‑election, including the Tumut Hospital, the intermodal freight hub, the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital car park, and the work on the Gobbagombalin and Marshall bridges?

Response from NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian: I thank the member for Wagga Wagga for his question and note this is the first question he has asked me. As the good member would know, both during and after the Wagga Wagga by-election I commented ad nauseam that we would adhere to all of our election commitments. As the member for Wagga Wagga and his community would know, this is in stark contrast to what those opposite did in Wagga Wagga when they were in government. Stages 1 and 2 of Wagga Wagga Base Hospital were promised by four different Labor Premiers and five or so different Labor health Ministers but it never happened. It was not until we came to government that the infrastructure and services the community of Wagga Wagga needs started being delivered.

Wagga Wagga boasts, and rightly so, its status as the largest inland city in New South Wales. It is a critical part of the future of our State. The good people of Wagga Wagga know that it is only a Liberal‑Nationals Government that will deliver those commitments on the ground. They have lived through Labor governments and they got nothing. In contrast, we have made a number of infrastructure improvements and it will continue. This Government keeps its word.