The mysterious case of the disappearing Sydney Airport roadNSW Premier Kristina Keneally didn’t just kill the metro, she’s also a person of interest in the case of the disappearing road map for an M5 East duplication and extension that cuts right through her electorate, writes Ben Sandilands.
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Sydney, a giant dementia farm in the making, cans its new Metro
Yet another Sydney transport infrastructure project — $5.3 billion underground CBD Metro — is about to be snuffed. It seems one of the few growth industries in Sydney is proposing and cancelling public transport projects.
Political snippets: A tick for the Treasurer
Latest figures from the ABS show that Treasurer Wayne Swan got it right by refusing to cut down on the stimulus package three months ago. Plus, a second airport for Sydney? Ha!
Aviation White Paper: Sydney airport battle set to roll on
There’s a lot of bricks and mortar reform of the aviation environment in the White Paper, which most of the sectors will welcome as long overdue, but on the loud button political issues of Sydney’s airport needs, it does nothing.
Fright in wake: Airbus in scare with turbo-prop at Sydney
It was a scary case of big meets little at Sydney Airport on November 8 last year, when the wake turbulence from a giant Airbus A380 upset a tiny SAAB 340 turbo-prop as both were landing.
Sydney airport owner on the back foot over float
One of the part-owners of Sydney Airport, German construction group Hochtief, has been forced into an embarrassing backdown on plans to part float its infrastructure arm on German markets.
Dust storm 1: chaos, mud, lightning. Oh my!
It no longer looks as blood red as at dawn. No Dorothy, no Tin Man, no wicked Witch, so far. But the dust storms sweeping NSW have brought red snow!
Three out of 10 air traffic controllers equals chaos
There appear to be more media managers and image massagers than Sydney controllers on the AirServices Australia payroll, with only three air traffic controllers available at Sydney Airport yesterday.
Sydney loses its stranglehold on international flights
Virgin Blue played the Melbourne-versus-Sydney card hard today, with the announcement that flights by its V Australia subsidiary will go directly from Johannesburg to Melbourne.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Rudd and China: Hu cares?
Crikey readers on Stern Hu, Xinjiang, Sydney airport and more.
Sydney airport at Richmond? So funny it might not be serious
The Board of Airline Representatives of Australia has to be kidding if it really, truly, wants the Federal Government to build a second Sydney airport at the RAAF base at Richmond.
The Sydney airport capacity kerfuffle
Anthony Albanese’s diligence in getting Access Economics to put Sydney Airport’s 20 year master plan under the microscope points to a policy break point, says Ben Sandilands.
Tips and rumours: Franking credits, oh dear: Rudd money doesn’t give a damn
Franking credits. If you have them will you get your Rudd money?
Tips and rumours: David Jones understocked?
Crikey tipsters share: are David Jones feeling the GFC crunch? And the case of the dead ATMs.
Tips and rumours: The real boat people story?
A Crikey tipster lets in on the “real story” behind the Ashmore reef explosion, while another reckons the Immigration Department is broke.
Secret police enforce airport parking monopoly
Efforts by airport management to maximise returns on parking are bordering on what many might say is questionable behaviour, writes John Mellor.
Stimulating the second Sydney airport debate
The lure of a $42 billion stimulus package has shaken the dual transport totems of fast trains and a second Sydney airport (anywhere-but-in-Sydney) out of the closet once more, writes Ben Sandilands.
Aviation Green Paper stuck in a timewarp
The Aviation Green Paper is one of the more outright protectionist documents that has issued from an Australian Government for some years, writes Bernard Keane.
Second Sydney airport must be in, er, Sydney
Airlines have told the Federal Government that unless it builds a second airport in Sydney, as distinct from somewhere out in whoop whoop, the city can go choke, writes Ben Sandilands.
Sydney’s airport problem goes from Badgery’s to worse
Sydney’s second jet airport solution at Badgery’s Creek equals political suicide, writes Ben Sandilands.
Tips and rumours
Another rogue doctor within NSW Health will be emerging soon. Why is it difficult in the culture of medicos protecting each other for Health Executives to eliminate the poor performers? MBF purchase by BUPA smells. $3m to MBF executives. No need for MBF to sell. The biggest thing that no-one is seeing is that MBF’s […]
The stoush over Canberra airport
The ambitions of Terry Snow, one of Australia’s wealthier men and owner of Canberra Airport, and those of long time opponent of an expanded Sydney Airport and NSWS Planning Minister Frank Sartor are locked in a peculiarly bitter fight over a housing estate near Queanbeyan, just over the state line from the capital.
The new Qantas logo: the roo survives
Qantas unveils its new-look logo. But there’s more to the story, writes Ben Sandilands.
Tips and rumours
Censorship of the comments on John Howard’s YouTube address: I made 2 comments (didn’t even use any bad words) and they are gone along with hundreds of others. Further to Ben Sandilands’ story on air safety yesterday (item 11), which refers to an accident at SYD airport on Saturday night. The news tip is as […]
Political bite-sized meaty chunks
GetUp! brings Willie Horton down under … And we though Barry O’Farrell was a good choice … Punter’s pal … Unfortunate choice of words … The plod and the press … The big issue of the week …
