Ms Owens has held the seat since 2004 and was preselected unopposed by local ALP rank and file members.

``I'd like to thank Labor Party members in the Parramatta electorate for the faith they've placed in me to again represent them,'' Ms Owens said.

``The government's quick and decisive action to stimulate the Australian economy by investing in nation-building infrastructure has supported hundreds of thousands of Australian jobs in the face of the worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression.

``These stimulus measures have ensured that Australia emerged from 2009 as the only advanced economy to avoid recession.''