Region. $72 million for new buses

The NSW government it will place a $72 million order for the first 100 of the 1,000 new buses to service Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle and the Blue Mountains. “We will be talking to the private sector right away and calling on them to deliver the first 100 buses as soon as they can in the next financial year. It is going to be a challenge for them but we have the funding to make it happen and will be asking them to get on with the job,” Premier Kristine Keneally said.