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Assistant Minister for Cities Angus Taylor welcomed the release on Friday of the NSW Government’s Jobs of the Future Report, saying Australia’s economic growth depended on the growth of services based sectors in our cities — especially financial and business services, tourism, education and health.

“Western Sydney is, by some measures, Australia’s third largest economy in its own right.  We see Sydney as three cities, not one. The CBD, Parramatta and the outer west (centred around Badgerys Creek and Penrith) - and all of these cities need fast growing job centres.

“We believe that a 30 minute city is a realistic prospect, but only with well-placed job centres. Jobs and services should be within reach of everybody in Sydney within 30 minutes,” he said.

“Western Sydney Airport, alongside the renewal of Parramatta, offers a unique opportunity to have more jobs in the West. The rapid growth we are seeing in health, in education, and in logistics and advanced manufacturing, offers great potential for jobs.

“The Australian Government is supporting the growth of globally competitive sectors and businesses and these businesses are not necessarily tech start-ups.

“Advanced manufacturing in southwestern Sydney is booming; everything from fibreglass swimming pools to carbon fibre chemical tankers are being exported to the world. These are winning products in a highly competitive global market.”

High growth small businesses are central to creating rewarding, competitive industries and jobs growth.

Through ‘City Deals’ the Australian Government  is delivering a new approach to coordinating investment and planning across all levels of government and the private sector, to build more liveable cities, with jobs closer to homes.

A Western Sydney City Deal will ensure that many more of those people who live in Western Sydney, will also work in Western Sydney.