Promised transport links to new Sydney airport delayed due to funding gap

Promised transport links to new Sydney airport delayed due to funding gap

Western Sydney Airport is at serious risk of opening without a promised $1.6 billion public transport project,confidential documents and emails reveal.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan andTom Rabe

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Secret documents cast doubt over cost of Sydney’s new airport rail line

Secret documents cast doubt over cost of Sydney’s new airport rail line

The government insists the train line is on budget despite confidential documents showing it is now expected to cost $2 billion more than previously disclosed.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
‘Flawed vision’:Master plan for Sydney’s homes,jobs and transport slammed

‘Flawed vision’:Master plan for Sydney’s homes,jobs and transport slammed

Planning experts also say the economic activity associated with planned Sydney’s second airport has probably been “exaggerated”.

  • byMichael Koziol
Leppington Triangle bureaucrat investigated by police hits out at Auditor-General

Leppington Triangle bureaucrat investigated by police hits out at Auditor-General

The public servant at the centre of the $30m land purchase near the Western Sydney airport says the Auditor-General didn’t have evidence to back the conclusion the price paid was inflated.

  • byKatina Curtis
Cycleway,30-metre high sculpture and parks for new Sydney airport motorway

Cycleway,30-metre high sculpture and parks for new Sydney airport motorway

A shared cycling and walking path branching off into surrounding parks will be a key feature of a 16-kilometre motorway connecting the future Western Sydney airport to the rest of the city.

  • byAngus Thompson
Waterhouse family business launches court action over airport land zoning
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Waterhouse family business launches court action over airport land zoning

Racing dynasty’s business mounts challenge against NSW Planning Minister over zoning decisions for site embroiled in ICAC investigation into Daryl Maguire.

  • byCarrie Fellner
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Police find no criminal conduct in Leppington Triangle sale

Police find no criminal conduct in Leppington Triangle sale

The Australian Federal Police have found no evidence of criminal conduct by public servants or others involved in a land deal near the Western Sydney Airport.

  • byKatina Curtis
‘Can do’ mindset or arrogance? Behind the poor record-keeping of Leppington land deal

‘Can do’ mindset or arrogance? Behind the poor record-keeping of Leppington land deal

A review of the culture of the public servants involved in the Leppington Triangle deal finds their “can do” attitude may have led to poor record-keeping.

  • byKatina Curtis
‘Seems perfectly sensible’:Minister’s handwritten note on $30 million land deal

‘Seems perfectly sensible’:Minister’s handwritten note on $30 million land deal

Briefings about the $30 million Leppington Triangle land deal draw a picture of reluctant sellers who wanted to hold out for the best price for their farmland.

  • byKatina Curtis
‘From a paddock to CBD’:More than $1 billion dedicated to Sydney’s future city

‘From a paddock to CBD’:More than $1 billion dedicated to Sydney’s future city

The NSW government will dedicate more than $1 billion in funding to the development of the new western airport city.

  • byTom Rabe
Government inaction on taxing land windfalls is hurting Australians,Liberal MP says

Government inaction on taxing land windfalls is hurting Australians,Liberal MP says

John Alexander has criticised his own government for ignoring ongoing calls to tax windfall gains on major projects,warning it will cost future generations.

  • byShane Wright andKatina Curtis