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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

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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
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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Western Sydney Airport’s domestic and international terminal.

Why Sydney’s 24-hour airport won’t have a 24-hour metro

An $11 billion metro rail link is due to open at the same time as the curfew-free Western Sydney International Airport in late 2026.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Haylee Kerans with Summer Hill Public school students at the basketball court at Darrell Jackson Gardens.

Levelling the playing field on school sport

Participation in school sport gives young children an opportunity to sample a range of activities. Education should be viewed as an investment, not an expenditure.

A metro line between St Marys and Bradfield via Western Sydney Airport is due to open in late 2026.

Metro or heavy rail? The two options on the line for Sydney train extensions

The opening of the mega rail line under Sydney Harbour two weeks ago has triggered renewed interest in metro rail extensions elsewhere in the city.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Western Sydney Airport, pictured in August 2024, is taking shape and due to open to passenger services in 2026.

‘We went berko’: How water is imperilling Sydney’s vaunted aerotropolis

For 15 years, developers didn’t have to pay a cent toward new water infrastructure in Sydney. When that changed, it set off a firestorm that is yet to be resolved.

  • Michael Koziol

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