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Chifley MP Ed Husic<\/span><\/strong> says the Abbott Government continues to try to deceive the people of Western Sydney on its plans for a second international airport at Badgerys Creek.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTwelve months ago Tony Abbott told Western Sydney he had \u2018absolutely no plans\u2019 for a second airport at Badgerys Creek, yet five months after winning an election, it looks like that is exactly what is about to happen,\u201d Mr Husic said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt is clear the PM and the Coalition have lied to Western Sydney and now refuse to provide detail about what is being proposed, causing unnecessary concern and confusion.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI have maintained an unwavering position against an airport at Badgerys Creek for 15 years.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe argument that airport capacity challenges through Mascot can be solved through a 24 hour operation at Badgerys Creek simply doesn\u2019t wash,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFor starters, why it is fair for an 11pm until 6am curfew to be in place for Mascot to protect the eastern, northern and southern suburbs when any airport at Badgerys Creek would operate around the clock?<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIf the Abbott Government is going to impose this airport on Western Sydney, it must order a fresh Environmental Impact Study, as the region has changed markedly since the last EIS.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere must be detailed discussion and consultation with the community on any proposal for an airport the equivalent size of Brisbane\u2019s and to date this has not happened.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Abbott Government is reportedly on the verge of ramming this idea through without justification and decent dialogue with those it will affect.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI want to know what the infrastructure spend is going to be to significantly upgrade the road and rail links to any airport at Badgerys Creek to ensure local residents wouldn\u2019t be subjected to even more congestion and commuter delay.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI remain firmly of the view this airport will adversely affect the quality of life of the people of Western Sydney and I won\u2019t be changing my position until I \u2014 and more importantly, my constituents are totally convinced it is in their best interests,\u201d Ed Husic concluded. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chifley MP Ed Husic says the Abbott Government continues to try to deceive the people of Western Sydney on its plans for a second international airport at Badgerys Creek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3069"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}