Metro is the sexy new project,but what the west needs is better buses

Metro is the sexy new project,but what the west needs is better buses

In many disadvantaged and overlooked suburbs across the city’s sprawling outer west,connectivity is a major problem holding people back from jobs.

  • byMichael Koziol

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Can Sydney’s ‘third city’ live up to the hype?

Can Sydney’s ‘third city’ live up to the hype?

Over 114 hectares near Sydney’s second airport,the government is starting to build a 22nd-century city. But will it work?

  • byMichael Koziol
Tolls on Sydney’s M7 motorway to be extended for three years to 2051

Tolls on Sydney’s M7 motorway to be extended for three years to 2051

The government’s extension of the tolling regime is in exchange for a Transurban-led consortium widening the motorway and building other connections.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
‘Get on with it’:Penrith’s answer to Barangaroo gets stuck in planning slow lane

‘Get on with it’:Penrith’s answer to Barangaroo gets stuck in planning slow lane

Jacqueline Vozzo unveiled ambitious plans for the 2000-hectare Western Sydney Lakes on Thursday but criticised the slow planning approvals system.

  • byMichael Koziol
High-speed Sydney to Melbourne rail plan ‘will never work’:infrastructure tsar

High-speed Sydney to Melbourne rail plan ‘will never work’:infrastructure tsar

Sir David Higgins,the chairman of London’s Gatwick Airport,says planners and the prime minister should instead focus on faster trains around Sydney.

  • byMichael Koziol
‘It’s not a tin shed’:New airport rises from western Sydney’s paddocks

‘It’s not a tin shed’:New airport rises from western Sydney’s paddocks

Sixty international airlines are in talks with Western Sydney Airport about flying into the new hub from 2026 as construction is ramped up.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
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Western Sydney deserves its fair share of events and infrastructure
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Western Sydney deserves its fair share of events and infrastructure

The news that western Sydney has received only a fraction of Destination NSW event funding feeds into a worn-out tale of two cities,which is in dire need of a rewrite.

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‘We are more than just sports’:Where Sydney’s tourism events money is going

‘We are more than just sports’:Where Sydney’s tourism events money is going

Western Sydney community leaders are calling for investment to create a tourism economy before the region’s international airport opens,as new data reveals most money to attract visitors to the city is being spent in the east.

  • byMary Ward
PM rejects call from premier to help pay for airport transport links

PM rejects call from premier to help pay for airport transport links

The two leaders are locked in a standoff over how to fund a promised $1.6 billion rapid-bus project to connect urban centres to Sydney’s new airport.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan andMichael Koziol
Albanese backs SBS move to western Sydney,pledges infrastructure panel

Albanese backs SBS move to western Sydney,pledges infrastructure panel

The prime minister will address community leaders in western Sydney on Friday amid a stoush over funding for transport links to the new airport.

  • byMichael Koziol
‘Stump up’:Premier tells feds to help pay for airport transport links

‘Stump up’:Premier tells feds to help pay for airport transport links

The state government is in a standoff with the Commonwealth over funding for promised public transport connections to Sydney’s new airport.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan andTom Rabe