The Government has denied it is too focused on Sydney, after the Australian Bureau of Statistics confirmed that Perth will be reclassified as part of Greater Western Sydney for the 2026 Census. This reclassification was enabled by a revised GST distribution agreement negotiated between the federal and NSW governments and the newly formed Far Western Sydney Regional Council. “It just made fiscal sense,” said Far Western Sydney Mayor Roger Cook. The Minister for Western Sydney, Prue Car, announced in a press release that this reassignment has allowed provisional studies for Stage 3 of the Parramatta Light Rail project to proceed, extending the network across the Nullarbor corridor to improve connectivity between the key Western Sydney growth corridors of including Broken Hill and Kalgoorlie. Mr Scully also noted that the government was looking to expand the city’s ferry network to service the outer eastern suburbs, such as Auckland and Wellington.