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The difference between news media that works 24 hours a day, and those that stick to office hours and serve up stale reports is painfully apparent this morning.

The AFR report that nixes any decision on the development of a second Sydney Airport until after the Federal Election won’t surprise anyone, but the consequences may.

The political risk in the association of the interests of alleged murderer Ron Medich and his brother Ray with the persistent refusal of Labor to build the second airport it insists Sydney needs on site which a former Labor government selected, purchased and protected in 1986 ought to be blindingly obvious to the party.

Claim that a 2nd Sydney Airport at Badgerys Creek would cost $11 billion ignores the fact that the state owns it, and has a new rail line that can reach it

The logical conclusion reading Tony Abbott’s comments is that he couldn’t find his way to western Sydney unaccompanied, has no idea what is at stake in terms of growth, jobs and future prosperity, and doesn’t think other half of Sydney deserves an airport anyhow.

Realpolitiks catches up with Sydney’s 2nd airport debate, and in an SMH story, leaves NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell behind.

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell’s acceptance of claims that Sydney Airport can handle the Asia century until 2049 is as convincing as using the Mayan Calendar for planning purposes

One of the spectacles mesmerizing Australia’s airlines and media watchers alike is how what some see as the ‘attack-dog-right-wing tabloid’ Daily Telegraph has turned on NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell over his inability to deliver transport solutions including a second Sydney Airport at Badgerys Creek. Today’s installment of this campaign by the newspaper is in fact [...]

It is a near certainty that the leaking of the choice of a Nepean site for a second Sydney Airport is a largely accurate ‘soft release’ of the key recommendation of a joint Federal/State task force set up to find a solution to impending gridlock at Sydney’s existing airport. The only flaw in the leak [...]

This is lunacy, but at Sydney Airport  jets are being told to stay on the ground, ready to take off, engines turning, under empty skies, waiting for 20 minutes or longer at times, because the airport has exceeded its politically imposed capacity for airliner movements. This farce, and thousands of passengers stewing in their seats [...]

There is a rather important story in today’s Sydney Morning Herald for those that follow the 2nd Sydney Airport saga, aviation’s infinitely longer and far less entertaining equivalent to Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle. In this story a spokesperson for Anthony Albanese, the Transport and Infrastructure Minister, doesn’t actually rule out Badgerys Creek, despite being presented [...]