The road map to this better Fairfield is not an abstract concept but a realistic and reasonable nine-step plan tailored towards the very problems confronted by the electorate. This includes the following actions:
1. To advance the Minns Government's commitment to upgrade Fairfield Hospital to ensure that it meets the needs of not only Fairfield, but also Cabramatta, Prospect, and Badgerys Creek.
2. To implement measures to reinvigorate the Fairfield CBD and surrounding commercial hubs to stimulate aggregate demand and job creation. Working with local and Federal governments to identify, develop and fund key infrastructure projects to encourage private investment and capital formation.
3. To bolster Fairfield schools to ensure teachers and support staff get the resources they need to set our kids up for success and facilitate transition pathways to tertiary study, apprenticeships, traineeships and other employment.
4. To enhance measures to settle newly arrived families into our community, to develop their language skills, to make them competitive in the Australian labour market, to give them access to opportunities and to give them a chance of living their best lives.
5. To relocate essential government services to Fairfield. This must include establishing a Services NSW branch within the electorate.
6. To stimulate measures pertaining to affordable housing inclusive of addressing public housing supply constraints across the electorate.
7. To ensure we do what we can to facilitate disability access within Fairfield. This includes the provision of lifts at Carramar, Villawood and Yennora train stations.
8. To create more open spaces and parks to promote health, fitness and positive wellbeing outcomes. This includes enhancing the ability of local sports providers to involve more kids in sports.
9. To boost government and non-government infrastructure to help our most vulnerable members in Fairfield—those who are homeless, those experiencing trauma and those who need our help. This includes the funding of research and implementation of gambling harm-reduction measures, inclusive of initiatives to help not only gamblers but also their families.
In totality, these nine measures are not ambitious. They are core public goods and services required by any electorate.
Extracted from NSW Legislative Assembly Hansard - 21 June 2023
