NSW Government to turn Sydney into giant toll road

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After last month demanding the federal government to open the floodgates to both low-skilled and skilled migration, the NSW Government has hatched a plan to turn Sydney into one giant toll road in order to relieve congestion (caused by said mass immigration):

The NSW government has flagged the introduction of road user charges to reduce Sydney’s congestion and remove inequities in the tolling system…

Despite the government presiding over a $100 billion infrastructure pipeline, the report warns that NSW can not “build our way out of congestion”, and instead suggested introducing new fees.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.