A major new Community and Justice Precinct in Campbelltown, new TAFE Centres of Excellence, expanded hospitals and health services, a dedicated roads fund and three transformational rail projects have been put forward in an ambitious blueprint for South West Sydney.
The South West Sydney Alliance’s 2026 report, Unlocking the Potential of South West Sydney, lays out a sweeping infrastructure agenda as Camden, Campbelltown, Liverpool and Wollondilly prepare to grow from about 688,000 residents today to more than 1.03 million by 2046. SWSA-Unlocking-Potential-FINAL
Among its headline proposals is a South West Sydney Community and Justice Precinct in the heart of Campbelltown, bringing Federal Circuit and Family Court facilities together with modern State courts and support services.
The Alliance says the existing Campbelltown court complex has not received a significant upgrade since 1991 and is calling for a $5 million Commonwealth commitment for a detailed business case, alongside NSW Government support to redevelop the State courts
The report says research commissioned by the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department projected demand equivalent to around seven Federal Circuit and Family Court courtrooms in Campbelltown by 2026, rising to about 11 by 2051.
It also proposes TAFE Centres of Excellence in Campbelltown and Liverpool, focused on housing construction and healthcare, as well as new TAFE campuses in Camden and Wollondilly. The aim is to train more local workers for two of Sydney’s most pressing needs — building homes and caring for a rapidly growing population.
Health is another major focus. The blueprint calls for Stage 3 of Campbelltown Hospital, including specialised paediatric services and planning for a future South West Sydney Children’s Hospital, investment in Liverpool Hospital’s Eastern Campus, expanded community health hubs and land preserved for future hospitals at Wilton and in the Oran Park–Bradfield growth corridor.
The report points to the pressure already facing the region’s hospitals, with Liverpool and Campbelltown each recording more emergency attendances than Royal North Shore, Royal Prince Alfred or St George hospitals during the April–June 2026 quarter. Together they handled more than 47,000 emergency attendances in just three months.
A dedicated South West Sydney Roads Fund, jointly backed by the Commonwealth and NSW Governments, is also proposed to provide sustained funding for the road network needed to support a region heading towards one million residents.
Rail remains a central pillar of the blueprint, with three projects proposed as a connected regional program: extending rail from Leppington to Bradfield, extending the airport metro from Bradfield through Oran Park and Narellan to Campbelltown, and electrifying the suburban network south from Macarthur towards Wilton.
South West Sydney Alliance Chair David Borger said governments had already laid important foundations.
“Governments have already put important building blocks in place through Western Sydney International Airport, Bradfield, the safeguarding of future rail routes and the rail business cases now underway,” he said.
“Our message is to keep that momentum going and plan rail, housing, jobs and essential services as one connected program.”
The scale of the challenge is immense. The four Alliance LGAs are projected to add almost 350,000 people in just 20 years — growth of about 51 per cent — while Camden alone is forecast to approach 300,000 residents by 2046.
The report warns that without attractive public transport alternatives, population growth could translate into about 215,000 additional vehicles on South West Sydney roads, or roughly 10,000 extra vehicles every year for the next two decades.
Its message is perhaps summed up most powerfully in one line: The population, homes and jobs are coming. The decision facing South West Sydney is whether the infrastructure comes with them.
