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decided upon Badgerys Creek, but in 1989 it also made the decision to permit the construction of the third runway at Kingsford Smith. This resulted in a great deal of political fallout, and the Keating government made limited moves towards the new airport at Badgerys Creek.
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released a technical study into the feasibility of Wilton as an airport site. By the time of the 2013 election, the Australian Labor Party had expressed support for the concept of a second airport, but did not support any particular site, whereas the then-Opposition
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622:Project management and design $ 707 million
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1109:Clennell, Andrew (2 January 2013).
1073:"Release of Wilton technical study"
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1001:"Airport Traffic Data 1985 to 2015"
842:List of airports in New South Wales
381:1999: First Badgerys Creek proposal
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