Fresh from securing another term in office, Macquarie MP Susan Templeman says she’s wasting no time getting to work on key promises - including a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for the Hawkesbury, upgrades to Richmond Bridge, and a new koala refuge in the Blue Mountains.

Templeman said she would also push ahead with a women’s health clinic in the Nepean-Blue Mountains, improved sporting and playground facilities in Penrith, and ongoing collaboration with local councils.

“I’m delighted and grateful to have been elected as the Member for Macquarie for the fourth time,” Templeman said in a statement on Sunday. “There has been an increase to my majority and I thank every person who has put their trust in me to represent this vast and diverse community.”

With nearly 90 per cent of the vote counted, Labor holds the seat of Macquarie with a historic 8.7 per cent margin - a swing of 2.2 per cent in Templeman’s favour. Her re-election came as the Albanese government secured a second consecutive term nationally, something not achieved by federal Labor since the Hawke era of the 1980s.

In a traditionally marginal electorate spanning the Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury, Templeman credited a “positive campaign about better services and building a better future” with helping deliver the result.

Templeman acknowledged the growing support in new parts of the electorate following recent boundary redistributions, particularly Emu Plains, Emu Heights and Leonay, and pledged to work closely with Penrith Council to deliver promised sporting and playground upgrades.

Among her key commitments are a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for the Hawkesbury, an Endometriosis and Menopause Clinic in the Nepean-Blue Mountains, construction of the long-awaited Richmond Bridge upgrade, and the creation of a koala refuge in the region’s World Heritage-listed bushland.

Templeman paid tribute to her fellow Labor representatives at the state and local level, including Blue Mountains MP Trish Doyle, Penrith MP Karen McKeown, and Blue Mountains Mayor Mark Greenhill.

“This result reflects the ongoing efforts of many elected Labor State and Council representatives,” she said. “It demonstrates the power of individual community volunteers who selflessly, for no personal gain other than to make a difference, give so much of their time.”

She gave special thanks to teachers who manned polling booths to highlight Labor’s national agreement to fully fund public education - one of the flagship achievements of the campaign.

Templeman also acknowledged her opponents, “After six elections, I know the challenge you and your families have just undertaken, and our democracy is stronger for your willingness to engage,” she said.

As the national Labor wave rolled through key marginal seats across the country, Templeman’s win solidifies her place in a federal government facing mounting economic and environmental challenges - and a renewed mandate to address them.

“This is a very precious victory for my hard-working, committed and exceptional electorate team,” Templeman said. “We’re going to savour it and then it’s back to work for the people of Macquarie.”