Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Minister for Territories, Local Government and Major Projects) Share this | Hansard source

After the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd government failed to take a decision in relation to the Western Sydney airport, it took the Abbott government to make a decision in a direction that has been enthusiastically continued by the Turnbull government on this vital piece of infrastructure.

The Western Sydney airport will deliver huge benefits to this region which already has some two million people and is growing rapidly. It will deliver a new transport facility and it will deliver new employment opportunities. We have a careful plan to commence operations by 2025. By 2030 there will be some 10 million passengers and by 2063 it is expected that there will be over 80 million passengers as the airport grows over a number of decades.

I want to emphasise that we do have a careful plan in relation to Western Sydney airport and the ground transport connections—

Mr Husic interjecting—

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