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Emu in the Sky sculpture.

Taller than an A380, this mammoth sculpture will welcome you to Sydney’s new airport

The globe-like structure will tower 30 metres when it is finished, making it visible to passengers when the first flights start late next year.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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Western Sydney Airport will open to passenger flights late next year.

Sydney’s new airport to stay curfew-free but foreign airline barriers remain

The federal government faces growing calls for barriers to international airlines flying to the new airport to be eased.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Contractors work on the new airport metro line.

Late opening for $11 billion metro line to Sydney’s new international airport

The delayed opening of the 23-kilometre metro line means the first passengers to touch down at the new airport will be denied the chance to catch a train.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Passengers will check in on the terminal’s ground floor..

Two years to take-off: Inside Sydney’s new international airport terminal

Passengers are expected to be walking through the major new terminal by the 2026 Christmas holidays, offering an alternative to the city’s incumbent airport.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Property development group Goldmate had about half its land in Luddenham near Badgerys Creek compulsorily acquired by Transport for NSW.

The $33m Sydney block and the supersized price tag

A prime parcel of land near Sydney’s planned second airport is at the centre of a landmark court fight.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
The government is facing renewed pressure to extend the metro line.

Why Sydney needs these two ‘missing pieces’ of the metro rail network

The state government is under renewed pressure to extend its metro rail line to fast-growing western suburbs.

  • Megan Gorrey
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Sydney Opera House

New strategy cements tourism as a critical pillar of NSW future growth

The state is poised to embark on a major shake-up as it attempts to nearly double visitor spending in a decade.

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Wilton is rapidly expanding.

The fast-growing suburb being eyed for passenger train link

Transport authorities are investigating ways to bolster passenger rail services to the area and a rail bridge is already half-built.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Western Sydney Airport.

First plane to touch down at Sydney’s new international airport

It will be a historic moment for the first major airport to be built in Australia since Melbourne’s Tullamarine more than 50 years ago.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
A render of the massive air cargo hub planned for Western Sydney Airport.

Sydney’s new air cargo link to the world rises out of the paddocks

Qantas is one of two large air freight operators to ink major deals with Western Sydney International Airport.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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