By coincidence a perfect example of what I mean when I talk about international trade and investment. Sydney has stiffed the rest of Australia for international air services for at least Three decades.
Kaaren White, who has a high-tech manufacturing business and is trying to meet growing international demand for her products, says an airport in western Sydney cannot come soon enough.
"It currently takes about an hour-and-a-half from this factory to the airport," she said.
"You can imagine the expense to get goods from here to Sydney before it gets onto the plane to get to the rest of the world.
"If it was at Badgerys Creek it would cut it down to half-an-hour."
NSW Business Chamber assesses economic case for second Sydney airport at Badgerys Creek - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Karen is whinging about an hour and a half, the Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane businesses have had to put up with a minimum Three hours for Three decades and the situation only really improved for us about Ten years ago.