It's hotting up for the second airport thing, again
Now the Libs are on the case, OMG, here we go again..
Federal Libs fight O'Farrell on airport
A GROUP of federal Coalition MPs has begun a behind-the-scenes campaign in a desperate bid to persuade the Premier, Barry O'Farrell, to drop his opposition to a second airport in the Sydney basin.
The MPs want to avoid what some describe as the ''armageddon scenario'' spelt out in a recent report if immediate action is not taken to start planning for a second airport - of traffic gridlock around Sydney Airport, air travel delays, lost jobs and economic growth and a return to the concentration of aircraft noise that plagued Sydney in the 1990s.
The report - to the federal and state governments - said there were only two options for a second airport. The best remained the Badgerys Creek site, near Liverpool, bought by the Hawke government almost three decades ago but now ruled out by both sides of politics. The second best was at Wilton, south-west of Campbelltown.
Mr Albanese said: ''This is a national economic issue and doing nothing would be a handbrake on national economic activity so there is a clear case for the national government to act. But we will be constrained in terms of planning and other issues if NSW refuses to co-operate.''
I think Albo got his lines from this thread, somewhere..
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