Sydneys second airport

I am amazed we are still having this discussion. Progress was slow but evident during the Hawke and Keating prime ministerships.  Its desperately disappointing that Howard was more interested in bribing voters with a fistful of cash than making the necessary decisions on this issue.  But this political opportunism is why we are where we are now.  So we need to stop fussing and just build it.  Its a 3 step process ...

Step 1

Badgery's Creek was the original and still the best option.  Just build the fucking thing! Its best because it is :

• closest to where travellers want to go, the CBD (lets not fool ourselves, who of us avoids flights to AVV, preferring instead to go to MEL at less preferable times?);

• cheapest to build;

• likely to have no greater political fallout than anywhere else.

Frankly, I don't give a stuff for the people who live near Badgery's Creek.  If you are stupid enough to live near a planned airport, then you get what you deserve.  If you are selfish enough to think that Western Sydney is already under too much pressure, then you need to go live in the eastern suburbs for a while.  (The western suburbs is like a ghost town and has plenty of pressure to bear.)  And if you are too bloody-minded to do your bit for the benefit of the city, then fuck you - go live somewhere else.

Step 2

Once BC is built, the next step will be to balance the load by diverting all international traffic to Badgery's Creek and keeping all domestic and freight travel at Mascot.  This will prevent international passengers being given a choice of where to fly (thus avoiding the AVV / MEL conflict) as well as making it more difficult for the scumbags that run Sydney (Mascot) Airport from gouging travellers.

Step 3

Finally, we need to fix the mess that is the private ownership of Sydney (Mascot) Airport -- you can thank John Howard for that screw-up as well.  Mascot needs to be returned to government ownership and management, to ensure all citizens benefit equally from their asset.  It goes without saying that the BC Airport should be in the custody of the government over its entire life.