While WSI is a Commonwealth project with no involvement from the NSW Department of Transport, Jo Haylen as minister has overseen transport links to the airport site including its metro, which is slated to open alongside the airport in late 2026.
Australia’s largest international gateway saw 11 million passengers in total across the three months to December 2024, up five per cent on the same period in 2023 but only 94.4 per cent of the fourth quarter of 2019.
The union said the fresh deal would see pay rises of up to 12 per cent over two years alongside improvements to rostering and rest periods.
The prototype carriage will allow the metro’s future passengers to evaluate the experience, as well as enabling manufacturers, engineers and designers to validate and fine-tune the final trains, which are slated to go into production this month.
The expansion will add 5,700 square metres to dnata’s existing footprint in Melbourne, increasing its size to 16,000 square metres and making it Victoria’s largest airline catering centre. According to dnata, it will have the capacity to produce 25 million meals annually.
Liverpool Council previously urged for Fifteenth Avenue to become a “visionary city-shaping project” that would include next-generation buses that resemble light rail, as well as cycle lanes.