Western Sydney is ‘dumping ground’ for Sydney’s problems, MP says

WESTERN Sydney is at risk of becoming a dumping ground for Sydney’s problems, according to federal MP and proud westie Chris Bowen.

Chris Bowen fears western Sydney will become a dumping ground for Sydney’s problems. Image: Peter Rae)

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WESTERN Sydney is at risk of becoming a dumping ground for Sydney’s problems, according to Chris Bowen.

The federal MP, and proud westie, said the region was seen as somewhere Sydney’s problems could be placed.

“It is a vibrant community for hundreds of thousands of people, not a dumping ground,” Mr Bowen, the McMahon Labor MP, said.

Mr Bowen cited the 24/7 Badgerys Creek airport, a massive incinerator slated for Eastern Creek and a previously proposed nuclear waste dump in Kemps Creek.

Western Sydney Airport is to be built in Badgerys Creek. Picture: Dean Lewins

“An airport in western Sydney needs a proper plan, with adequate infrastructure and flight paths that will cause minimal disturbance to local residents,” Mr Bowen said.

“We need restrictions on night-time flights to protect residents.”

Western Sydney federal Labor MPs Ed Husic and Emma Husar have also vocally opposed the airport plan and the potential detriment to community life in the region.

However, Liverpool Mayor Wendy Waller said news Western Sydney Airport Co would open its office in Liverpool was the “best possible news”.

“It sets the city up for a very exciting future — a decade that will firmly establish Liverpool as the jumping-off point for the new airport,” Cr Waller said.

“This announcement sends a clear signal to anyone thinking of investing in the airport, business parks and aerospace precinct: you need to be in Liverpool too.”

Artist's impression of an incinerator planned for Eastern Creek.

Mr Bowen also slammed plans for the world’s largest incinerator at Eastern Creek.

The proposed plant, which could produce electricity for 200,000 homes across Sydney, aims to turn one million tonnes of combustible waste from landfill into energy.

“This energy-from-waste incinerator is a clear example of a ludicrous plan that will hurt the community,” Mr Bowen said.

“This incinerator, the largest of its kind in the world, will produce a massive amount of pollution as well as increase the number of vehicles on local roads.”

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Mr Bowen described the NSW Government’s consideration of the proposal as “outrageous”.

Dial A Dump CEO Christopher Biggs said he hotly disagreed.

“We think it’s a solution to waste problems. We think we can find a better solution for waste than dumping it into the ground,” he said.