Five million people living in Australia’s fast-growing outer suburbs are hoping tomorrow’s federal budget will answer their calls for more and better infrastructure funding.
Ruth Spielman, Executive Officer of the National Growth Areas Alliance, says the budget must recognise the needs of communities in fast-growing areas...Full Media Release
The NGAA welcomes the recognition of fast growing outer urban areas in today’s Federal Government announcement of $750 million to local councils for priority local road and community infrastructure projects.
Read moreABC News: Wollondilly Council and NGAA have slammed changes to a plan to fast track housing development before basic infrastructure is in place.
Read moreAustralia's outer suburbs are growing more than twice as fast as the rest of the nation and doing the heavy lifting for our housing supply, but struggle to get infrastructure that other areas take for granted, the NGAA told MPs in Canberra.
Read moreABC TV: An hour and a half to drive 3km — why is traffic so bad in Melbourne's outer suburbs? NGAA CEO Bronwen Clark is interviewed.
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