Youth are being sold the carrot of NSW’s strong economy, even though they fail to benefit from it. At yesterday’s campaign launch Berejiklian announced that NSW can ‘have it all’. Speaking to the crowd, she boasted about the lowest unemployment rates in NSW..ever. Berejiklian has pledged to spend billions on schools, hospitals and infrastructure. The carrot for voters? NSW’s strong economy. NSW’s strong economy is conducive the astronomical property boom that Sydney experienced. Sydney’s median house prices experienced an 86 per cent increase in the last 5 years. Stamp duty from property has contributed to the budget surplus. That surplus has been spent on infrastructure under Berejiklian and her predecessors, including the light rail project, West Connex and the demolishing of the ANZ stadium. If you think that NSW will have never ending surpluses to spend in the coming years, you may be mistaken. The spending spree will have to come to a halt. As there are some