October
- Opinion
- Industrial
Goodbye Sydney: warehouse owners priced out of town
The resulting transport and storage charges will flow on to the cost of living in Sydney, even to the cost of building a new home.
- Updated
- Robert Harley
August
- Exclusive
- Building Bad
Builders move to take on wounded CFMEU
Building companies are showing the first signs of trying to break the shackles of the union as it heads into administration.
- David Marin-Guzman
Threat to customer safety cited in call to end sparkie work bans
Endeavour Energy has launched legal action to stop six months of industrial action, as other power workers join to form a triple threat to major projects in NSW.
- David Marin-Guzman, Campbell Kwan and Angela Macdonald-Smith
May
Labor warned on overheating western Sydney road spend
Labor said on Monday that its spending in the population growth area was now more than $17.3 billion.
- Tom McIlroy
April
Big four consultants ‘commoditised’, says fast-growing boutique firm
Rennie Advisory has appointed former senior EY partner Tim Eddy as its new chairman, as small firms capitalise on client dissatisfaction with the big four.
- Maxim Shanahan
March
Corruption body first as bribe charges laid against airport worker
The National Anti-Corruption Commission has claimed a milestone with charges laid against a former Western Sydney Airport employee.
- Michael Pelly
December 2023
Sydney Airport flight slot manager has ‘conflict of interest’: ACCC
The company that chooses which aircraft take off and land at Sydney Airport is majority-owned by Qantas and Virgin.
- Jenny Wiggins
November 2023
- Opinion
- Federal budget
Why the states are snippy over King’s infrastructure cull
Catherine King is blaming the Coalition for making an unsustainable mess of the infrastructure pipeline, but her state Labor colleagues are unimpressed, and productivity is declining.
- Jennifer Hewett
October 2023
Let us land planes more quietly, efficiently: Sydney Airport
The country’s biggest airport has asked the government to match the terms it is offering at Western Sydney to reduce emissions and noise.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Western Sydney ‘not the centre of the universe’, says Avalon Airport
The airport wants a small investment in a rail fix, and the same guarantees around air traffic control and other services the government is offering the Aerotropolis.
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- Ayesha de Kretser
July 2023
Penrith debuts its first luxury hotel: A $110m 5-star complex
Penrith is giving the west’s economic-powerhouse City of Parramatta a run for its development money by opening a new-build hotel and conference facilities.
- Fiona Carruthers
June 2023
- Exclusive
- Planning
NSW puts Indigenous design at centre of new park tender
Bradfield, the new CBD outside western Sydney’s new airport, is setting a new precedent for procurement of public spaces.
- Michael Bleby
March 2023
Western Sydney Airport will push airfares down: CEO
Australia’s first new airport in 50 years will be at the forefront of aviation technology, which should lower costs and passengers’ stress.
- Aaron Patrick
‘Empty promises’: NSW government on the nose in key new seat
The new seat of Leppington will be crucial to the outcome of this month’s election in NSW, but it also represents the key issues over which the contest is being fought.
- Luca Ittimani
June 2022
Mirvac’s new Aspect on Western Sydney Aerotropolis site takes off
Mirvac is making up for lost time in the booming logistics sector, rapidly expanding its industrial developments in western Sydney.
- Martin Kelly
May 2022
Marriott seals deal to run first hotel at Western Sydney Aerotropolis
Take a look at the first hotel planned for the new airport precinct, part of a bigger regional play by the developer.
- Martin Kelly
April 2022
- Exclusive
- Charter Hall Group
Charter Hall takes off at Western Sydney Airport
One of Australia’s largest property companies is in advanced negotiations to develop a key site at Western Sydney Airport.
- Martin Kelly
February 2022
Aerotropolis take-off stalled by NSW govt delays, says key stakeholder
There are fears the state government is falling behind the Aerotropolis infrastructure curve with the new airport due to open in 2026.
- Martin Kelly
January 2022
Sydney Airport investor questions board’s ‘narrow view’
More small investors in Sydney Airport are publicly venting their opposition to the company’s proposed $23.6 billion takeover as a vote on the deal looms in early February, arguing its board is taking a short-term view.
- Jenny Wiggins
November 2021
- Opinion
- Rail
High-speed rail dreaming is a fast track to nowhere
Giving a leg up to the numbers on wish-list projects simply sidelines better ideas that might pass the cost-benefit test.
- Marion Terrill