Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration) Share this | Hansard source

Sydney airport is the busiest airport in the country, with 38 million passengers coming through the airport last year. It's also an economic powerhouse: it employs well over 30,000 people in high-skilled, important jobs.

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