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JOHN AUSTEN. The Sydney metro – the doubt and mess continues.
A little more real information about Sydney rail development is coming to light. It is not dispelling the doubts about metro. A decision on Badgerys Creek rail, which would have been straightforward without the metro, is now ‘years off’. The … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Infrastructure, Politics
Tagged Badgerys Creek, John Austen, Sydenham-Bankstown line, Sydney Metro
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JOHN AUSTEN. Badgerys Creek – testing times
The new airport at Badgerys Creek will test national competition and state transport infrastructure policies and may reveal the latter to be gravely flawed. The usual Commonwealth-state funding fight spectacle should be treated as a trivial pantomime and not distract … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Infrastructure, Politics
Tagged Badgerys Creek, Federal State relations, John Austen, privatisation, railways, road infrustructure
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