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The interchange connects the M12 motorway to the widened M7.

Major spaghetti junction to Sydney’s new airport set to open to drivers

The opening of the interchange linking the new M12 motorway to the M7 comes four months before the first passenger flights take off at Western Sydney Airport.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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Firefighter Amber Murphy behind the wheel of one of the new state-of-the-art trucks at Western Sydney Airport.

‘Snozzle’ at the ready: State-of-the-art fire station set for Sydney’s new airport

Firefighters are readying the new station and gigantic trucks for the first cargo flights late next month, followed by passenger aircraft three months later.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Jetstar will be the first airline to take off from Western Sydney Airport on October 25.

Jetstar flights lock in date for opening of Sydney’s new airport

The long-awaited launch of passenger flights to Western Sydney Airport will follow the start of cargo aircraft taking off from the new aviation hub next month.

  • Matt O'Sullivan and Chris Zappone
Western Sydney Airport metro rail line.

Warnings that metro rail line to Sydney’s new airport is set to be delayed again

Confidential documents reveal the project is running late on a vast range of work, from switching on power at stations to receiving new European-built trains.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Sydney Metro chief executive Peter Regan on the Metro platform at Central Station in April 2024, four months before the line opened.

Sydney Metro CEO exits at crucial time for city’s train mega-projects

His departure leaves the Minns government to search for a replacement at a pivotal moment in the construction of the city’s train mega-projects.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The new metro station is about 250 metres from the Western Sydney Airport terminal.

‘The whole industry is so rotten’: Stark warning after Sydney metro scandal

Liquidator warns that construction companies have dodged taxes for decades as the government orders an urgent audit of all statewide projects.

  • Max Maddison and Matt O'Sullivan
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Western Sydney Airport.

Sydney flight path shake-up locked in as cargo planes set to land at new airport

The changes are designed to make room for aircraft using the $6 billion Western Sydney Airport.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Western Sydney Airport’s 3.7-kilometre runway can handle aircraft as large as an A380 superjumbo.

Singapore Airlines locks in flights to Sydney’s new airport despite fuel crisis

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday for Singapore Airlines’ first flights to Western Sydney Airport in November, while other carriers could be landing weeks earlier.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
M12 motorway.

New $2 billion motorway to Sydney’s second international airport opening

The ribbon-cutting comes almost eight months before the first passenger flights are due to take off from Western Sydney Airport.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Architect David George Holm draws Victoria Cross metro station.

David has a plan to use every precious square metre of Sydney’s space

This architect behind metro stations and the new airport has travelled the world drawing buildings and is determined to improve public spaces, no matter how small.

  • Julie Power