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Inside the airport-linked project shifting Sydney’s centre of gravity

Inside the airport-linked project shifting Sydney’s centre of gravity

The new Western Sydney International Airport is not the only drawcard for the aerotropolis. Bradfield city also contains a cradle of manufacturing innovation.

Part of the so-called Advanced Manufacturing Facility near the new airport being built in Sydney’s west. Peter Rae

The new airport being built in Sydney’s west boasts it will be able to send Australian travellers to all points of the globe 24/7 and bring cherries from a farm in Young to a table in Singapore in record time.

But the success of the Western Sydney International Airport project will not just be measured in flights and freight, but by the quality of the jobs and innovation it can engineer in one of the nation’s fastest growing regions.

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Paul Karp
Paul KarpNSW political correspondentPaul Karp is The Australian Financial Review’s NSW political correspondent.

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