June
Business warns NSW lags in red tape and planning delays
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says the budget will tackle major project delays. Business says it’s past time.
Sydney airport rift deepens as west declares 24-7 gives an edge
Western Sydney International Airport terminal opened Wednesday with plans from its chief executive to own the night in tussle with Sydney airport.
First look inside Sydney’s soon-to-open new airport
Western Sydney International is getting ready for take-off, opening its dramatic terminal building to the public on Wednesday.
May
Castle Group buys Sydney site for $120m, plans to build 550 homes
The group’s plans to push ahead with the site reflect the fact that low-density housing is more viable to develop than apartments in the current market.
March
Land rush at Sydney’s Aerotropolis with $450m government site on offer
The large tract of land can fit data centres or an industrial estate that would have an end value of about $1.5 billion.
February
CSR land sale to fuel Sydney’s Aerotropolis dream
Up for grabs is one of the largest tracts left in the fast emerging precinct that will be home to Sydney’s new airport.
October 2024
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.
August 2024
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.
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.
May 2024
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.
April 2024
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.
March 2024
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.
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.
November 2023
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.
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.
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.
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.
June 2023
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.
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.
‘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.