Badgerys Creek. 'Case needs to be made'

The chairman of Infrastructure NSW, Nick Greiner, has renewed his call for a second airport at Badgerys Creek, arguing Western Sydney residents should be “overwhelmingly” in favour because of the jobs it would generate. In what appeared, according to The Sydney Morning Herald, as a direct challenge to the Premier, Barry O'Farrell, who is the Minister for Western Sydney but opposes a second airport, Mr Greiner declared: '”If we're serious about Western Sydney and its future and employment future … the case needs to be made.” Wilton is a possible site.