Western Sydney City Deal
Foreword
Western Sydney is a unique region with a richly diverse community.
It is the people of Western Sydney that are the true heartbeat of this region - hardworking, enterprising and forever willing to have a go. The potential for Western Sydney and its people over the next 10 to 20 years is truly boundless. At the centre of this potential is a new city, supported by the construction of the new Western Sydney Airport that will connect the region and the people of Western Sydney to the world. This investment will create world-class jobs and great quality of life.
Today we have announced the game changing Western Sydney City Deal which sets out to deliver on this grand vision for the Western City. The Australian and NSW governments have come together with local governments in agreeing on a set of commitments that will unlock opportunities in education, business and employment for the Western City and its people.
The time has arrived for Western Sydney to take its place on the world stage.
The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP
Prime Minister
Commonwealth of Australia
The Hon Gladys Berejiklian MP
Premier
New South Wales
Western Sydney City Deal at a glance
- Realising the 30-minute city by delivering the North South Rail Link.
- Creating 200,000 jobs by supercharging the Aerotropolis and agribusiness precinct as catalysts.
- Skilling our residents in the region and initiating an Aerospace Institute.
- Respecting and building on local character through a $150 million Liveability Program.
- Coordination and innovation through a Planning Partnership.
- Getting on with delivering for the Western Parkland City with enduring tri-level governance.
Western Sydney City Deal Commitments
Connectivity
The new Western Parkland City will be one of Australia's most connected cities. In an emerging 30-minute city, innovative public transport, aviation and digital infrastructure will bring residents closer to jobs, centres, education and the world.
The Australian and NSW governments jointly commit to deliver the first stage of the North South Rail Link from St Marys to Badgerys Creek Aerotropolis via Western Sydney Airport, with a joint objective of having rail connected to the Western Sydney Airport in time for its opening.
Work will immediately commence on a thorough design and investment case for the North South Rail Link (including the South West Rail Link) as part of an integrated planning and city-shaping approach.
Key Features
- North South Rail Link (from St Marys to the Aerotropolis via Western Sydney Airport) connecting poeple with new high-value jobs and the world
- Rapid bus services linking Liverpool, Penrith and Campbelltown with the Aerotropolis by the opening of the airport
- Exploring 5G network and smart digital technology to generate opportunities for creative, digital and technology businesses and better connected communities.
Jobs for the future
The Western Parkland City will create 200,000 new jobs across a wide range of industries over the next 20 years. The airport and Aerotropolis will attract infrastructure, investment and knowledge-intensive jobs, and the benefits will flow into health and education, retail, hospitality, and industrial activities that will power the city.
The Australian and NSW governments, with support from local governments, will supercharge job creation in the Western Parkland City. The Aerotropolis will be the catalyst for employment growth in the metropolitan centres of Liverpool, Penrith and Campbelltown, and the broader city. An Investment Attraction Office will be established to attract international companies, with global defence and security leader Northrop Grumman the first to commit to the Aerotropolis.
A Development Authority will be set up, with an initial focus on the Commonwealth land within the Aerotropolis to commence delivery of 200,000 jobs, over 20 years, needed for our community.
Key Features
- The Badgerys Creek Aerotropolis will be a world-class employment sector for jobs in aviation, aerospace, defence industries and advanced manufacturing
- A high employment agribusiness precinct to leverage the airport by providing new domestic and export opportunities for NSW farmers
- An Investment Attraction Fund and Western Sydney Investment Attraction Office
- A Western Sydney Development Authority to plan and develop the genesis of the Aerotropolis
- Establishing the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission in Penrith
- Releasing government land to drive economic growth
- Targets for Indigenous employment, social employment and procurement
BADGERYS CREEK AEROTROPOLIS
The Western Sydney Airport will create a metropolitan centre that develops its own infrastructure, land use and economy. The Badgerys Creek Aerotropolis will be an exciting, world-class precinct adjoining the airport and catering for a range of advanced industries ready to invest and make the Western Parkland City their home.
The airport alone will create 13,000 direct jobs(external link). The potential for knowledge-intensive jobs in the Aerotropolis and flow-on jobs across the region is even greater.
Skills and education
Residents of the Western Parkland City will have access to the best in education and skills training opportunities. A new university, schools and VET facilities will align with the high-skilled businesses and industries of the Aerotropolis.The creation of an Aerospace Institute in the Aerotropolis will be the immediate focus of skills and education planning. The Aerospace Institute, located on Commonwealth lands at North Bringelly will include a world class science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) university, a high performance secondary school and an advanced vocational education and training (VET) facility. This integrated education facility will be an anchor institute in the growing Aerotropolis. The institute will be delivered in partnership through co-investment of government and industry, connecting students to the knowledge-intensive jobs of the Aerotropolis.
In the Western Parkland City area, 11 new and relocated schools and 21 major upgrades are already in planning, design or construction, due to an investment of more than $700 million by the NSW Government.
Over the next 20 years, the equivalent of an extra 1,300 classrooms will be required to be delivered to accommodate the educational needs of the Western Parkland City as it grows.
Investment by the university sector will transform the metropolitan centre of Liverpool, with future opportunities at Penrith and Campbelltown to complement existing universities in the Western Parkland City.
Key Features
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Aerospace Institute
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Expressions of interest for a STEM university
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Aerotropolis VET facility to upskill future workforces
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High-performance secondary school connecting students with aviation, engineering, science and the industries of the Aerotropolis
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TAFE Skills Exchange to grow talent in the construction of the Western Sydney Airport
Liveability and environment
The Western Parkland City has a unique landscape that is surrounded by protected natural assets. Its future neighbourhoods will be even more liveable and sustainable. Local project funding will create healthy and active communities that build on their strengths and support open spaces.
The $150 million Western Parkland City Liveability Program is designed to enhance local character in each of the participating councils. Priority projects, co-funded with councils, will be announced in 2018. These projects will be exemplars of local character and are an essential dimension to community building as the Western Parkland City transforms over the next 20 years.
Western Parkland City Liveability Program
- New $150 million program
- Supporting new community infrastructure across the Western Parkland City
- Projects will be selected using eligibility criteria and will be equally shared between participating councils
- Successful projects to be announced during 2018
Key Features
- Western Parkland City Liveability Program to support local character, wellbeing and belonging in communities
- Restoring and protectingg the South Creek Corridor to form a sustainable urban parkland
- A Strategic Assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)
Planning and housing
Innovative approaches to planning for and delivering housing will ensure that growth is balanced with maintaining the local character of the Western Parkland City.
The NSW Government and the growth councils of the Western Parkland City (Liverpool, Penrith, Campbelltown, Camden, Fairfield and Wollondilly) in conjunction with Blacktown, will immediately establish a formal planning partnership. This partnership will achieve better alignment between growth and enabling infrastructure for the Western Parkland City's growing communities. The focus of the planning partnership will include achieving better planning outcomes that improve local character and planning approvals, and delivering appropriate density around transport nodes.
The City Deal will utilise the $15 million Commonwealth Housing Package for Western Sydney, with matched funding from the NSW Government, to create a $30 million Western Parkland City housing package. This will support planning systems that deliver new housing, improve housing affordability, achieve high built form and public domain design standards, and reduce administrative roadblocks.
Key Features
- A Western Parkland City Planning Partnership to achieve better outcomes in planning approvals
- A $30 million Western Parkland City housing package to ensure sustainable growth
- Streamlined and optimised planning practices to support future growth
- Short- and long-term housing targets and housing strategies
- Growth Infrastructure Compacts piloted to match housing and jobs growth with delivery of infrastructure
Implementation and governance
The Australian, NSW and local governments will work together to support the growth, success and sustainability of the Western Parkland City.
A clear, joined up and enduring governance arrangement will focus on getting on with the job of delivering the Western Parkland City. This includes clear involvement of all tiers of government, involvement of local communities through their councils and a consistent and innovative relationship with industry. An implementation plan, published in 2018, will clearly show how we plan to deliver on and measure our progress for each commitment.
Measuring success
Signing the City Deal is just the beginning of a committed project of transformation over the next 20 years. The community will be able to track the City Deal's progress and be confident in the Western Parkland City's long-lasting success.
- Publication of annual reports on Western Sydney City Deal implementation
- Monitoring key performance metrics
- Reporting to ministers and local government representatives
- Western Sydney City Deal to be reviewed after three years
- Ongoing updates to progress available on the Greater Sydney Commission's Data Hub
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