BIZARRE: Westinvest - You Need To See This

Hunter 'not on the radar' while state auditor slams $5b WestInvest fund

The former government created the fund with no business case.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 28, 2024

Former NSW government accused of ‘pork barrelling at public’s expense’ after scathing audit

The $5bn post-pandemic spending program ‘not informed by robust research or analysis’ auditor general finds

The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2024

Hypocrisy call after 'devastating' report on $5b scheme

Substantial issues have been uncovered in an audit of a war chest filled with billions of dollars derived from Australia's largest road infrastructure project.

AAP · Feb 28, 2024

Western Sydney flooded with campaign cash, but Newcastle left with scraps: NSW Election

Six weeks out from the NSW election, the Hunter is a funding backwater.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 11, 2023

NSW motorway sale funds $20.7m for Burwood

More than $20m will be spent sprucing up Burwood in Sydney's inner west as the NSW government spruiks the benefits of the $20b sale of WestConnex.

AAP · Oct 4, 2022

NSW Premier says WestInvest funds for Western Sydney isn't an apology for COVID-19 lockdown

Western Sydney is getting a $5 billion sugar hit but the government is rebuking suggestions the money is to apologise for the harsh lockdowns imposed in the area during the Delta COVID lockdown.

ABC News · Oct 3, 2022

NSW motorway sale funds council projects

Canterbury-Bankstown council in Sydney's southwest is the first beneficiary of a multi-billion fund for community improvements from the $20b sale of WestConnex.

AAP · Oct 3, 2022