NSW pollies vow health, environment action

NSW ELECTION CAMPAIGN - TUESDAY, MARCH 17

WHERE THEY WENT

Mike Baird: Haymarket, Parramatta

Luke Foley: Blue Mountains

WHAT THEY SAID

"The upper house is always colourful. I didn't think it would get that colourful." - Baird on learning that a NSW micro-party has put forward candidates including a topless model and a salsa dancer.

"Every Saturday when I go back to the Flemington markets, there's more and more spud sellers calling out my name." - Foley reacts to reports that voters still don't know who he is.

TODAY'S PROMISES

Govt

- 3500 new positions in hospitals, including 2100 nurses and 700 doctors.

- $400 million for the second stage of development for the Blacktown-Mount Druitt Hospital.

- $4 million for local councils, non-government organisations, and small businesses to deliver active living and mobility projects for seniors.

- $2 million to help the state's 1.3 million seniors card holders leverage better deals with the private sector.

Labor

- $150 million for new national parks.

- Create a new marine park in Sydney.

- $37 million for energy efficient LED lights in hospitals.

- A legislated 20 per cent renewable energy target for 2020.

- Introduce a commission tasked with improving the health of NSW's rivers.

- Remove government restrictions on wind farm developments.