2. Relieving the cost-of-living pressures in Western Sydney

In 2025-26, the NSW Government will continue cost-of-living measures introduced over the past two Budgets, providing immediate relief to households alongside delivering ongoing long-term reform in areas like housing security.

First home buyers

Thousands of first home buyers are building a future in Western Sydney with help from the NSW Government’s expanded First Home Buyers Assistance. From 1 July 2023 to 1 June 2025, around 22,400 first home buyers in Western Sydney have saved around a total of $460.5 million in transfer duty, an average of $20,500 in transfer duty per transaction.

Western Sydney LGAs such as Blacktown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Campbelltown, Cumberland, Parramatta and Penrith are benefiting the most from transfer duty relief. Parramatta had the highest savings across all LGAs in Greater Sydney, with approximately $87.3 million saved by first home buyers over this period.

Targeted energy bill relief

Up to 1 million New South Wales households per year have also benefited from standing energy rebates and concessions (on top of national Energy Bill Relief), providing $194.5 million to low-income households in Western Sydney over the 2022-23 and 2023-24 financial years. Households will also benefit from additional bill relief through the extension of the national Energy Bill Relief Fund. This Budget includes $579.0 million from the Australian Government for the extension of the national Energy Bill Relief Fund, which provides bill relief of $150 to the electricity bills of all households and eligible small businesses.

Western Sydney households are also enjoying lower energy bills thanks to the household battery incentive.

Toll relief

Households in Western Sydney benefit the most from toll relief. From the introduction of the $60 toll cap, this toll relief scheme has paid more than $86.3 million in claims to Western Sydney LGAs in January 2024 to May 2025.

Motorists in Western Sydney LGAs such as Blacktown, Canterbury-Bankstown and Cumberland have been among the biggest beneficiaries of the NSW Government’s toll cap to date, claiming more than $41.9 million in toll relief.

Additionally, $15.4 million has been allocated in 2025-26 to stand-up the NSW Motorways entity to spearhead toll reform.

First home buyer support