We’re a year out from what will be Australia’s first "liveability" election, when NSW voters go to the polls. Now we just need to work out what that word means.

Liveability, the NSW government says, is about making NSW a “great place to live” with “inclusive and welcoming communities and celebrated natural assets”.

This principle was threaded through the government's three latest major statements: the Three Cities plan; the Future Transport Strategy; and the Western Parklands City Deal.

Gladys Berejiklian inspects the first new Waratah trains in Sydney on Thursday. Credit:AAP

Opposition Leader Luke Foley foregrounds the same values with his “schools and hospitals before stadiums” pitch, which Premier Gladys Berejiklian sought to counter on Sunday when she pleged an extra $450 million to the expansion of Nepean Hospital.