Western Sydney mayors have blasted both State and Federal Governments after it was revealed the region bears the brunt of a record influx in migration. Nearly two hundred thousand people have called New South Wales home in the year to September, 2023 which is more than a third of Australia's total net migration influx. Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun says at least 100 people a week are moving into his council area and is calling for better funding to keep up with the soaring population.
For more, Liverpool Mayer Ned Mannoun joins.
Western Sydney mayor's have blasted both state and federal governments after it was revealed the region bears the brunt of a record influx in migration. One hundred and eighty six thousand people have called New South Wales home in the year to September twenty twenty three, which is more than a third of Australia's total net migration influx.
Liverpool Mayor Ned Manoon says at least one hundred people a week are moving into his council area and is calling for better funding to keep up with the soaring population and their joints is now I'm wanting to you, Ned how stretched thin is your region because of this influx of people.
Well, we are at a breaking point with one hundred people moving into Liverpool every week and over five hundred people moving into the whole Southwest region. Our roads are blocked. We like immigration, but we just want the actual infrastructure to go with it, and the Feds the peace for it.
Well that's it. What do you want from the state government? What do you want from the federal governments?
Yeah, So the federal government controls the immigration policy, the state government controls a hut policy and then we are left to deal with the mess. What we want from them is to say, hey, guys, if you're going to have all these people coming here, give us the money to build the roads and start doing it now. Our community is stuck in traffic. If you're living in Middleton Grange, it takes you thirty five minutes to travel three hundred meters in the morning, and it's unsustainable and nothing's going to change unless the government does something about it.
Yeah, it feels like all the governments are just arguing and there's nowhere for people to live in the middle and the federal government's promising to build all these houses. How do we fix that problem?
First, you know, there's too much bureaucracy, there's too much red tape. Just give us control and let us get on with doing our jobs. The government went out there and said there's ten billion dollars for housing. They've got ten billion dollars, but they haven't built one house. So, if you're on a young Australiy, thing to yourself, how do I get ahead in this life? How do I get myself a house and get an opportunity? The government's not providing that. We're just stuck in this myriad of rev tape studies and studies back and going back and forth all the time and not actually doing any work.
And it's not even buying a house, it's renting a house, being out to actually find a roof over your head. It's just difficult for anyone at the moment. Ned appreciate your time.