Region. Call for review welcomed

The Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC) has welcomed calls by leading economists to review the government’s apparent fear of debt at the expense of the state’s infrastructure needs. “WSROC has been calling for a review of this policy since the release of our report, Getting Western Sydney Growing, in November 2010,” said WSROC president, Alison McLaren. “WSROC has long argued that the infrastructure needs of our region – and NSW as a whole – must be prioritised over a slavish commitment to an arbitrary credit rating.”