Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Jim McIlroy聽writes about how a recent hospital stay has underlined聽why we need to fight to defend and extend the priceless public hospital system.

The WestCONnex Action Group (WAG), one of the main residents' groups opposing the NSW Coalition government's $17 billion WestConnex tollway, has slammed the government's latest changes to the controversial project.

Under new plans announced on November 10, the tollway's Camperdown interchange will be scrapped, and the M4鈥揗5 Link tunnel widened and moved further west.

鈥淭hese latest changes show yet again that the Baird government鈥檚 so-called 鈥榩lanning鈥 for WestConnex is a complete farce,鈥 said WAG spokesperson Pauline Lockie.