Prime Minister Tony Abbott: Then, at last, news stations delivered word of a long-awaited breakthrough. "After many years of indecision, the federal government has finally named the site for Sydneyas second airport. Itas to be at Badgerys Creek." , according to BBC. "It has been the great marathon of public policy decision-making in Australia," says Tim Harcourt, an economist at the University of New South Wales. The discussions and quarrels have been so drawn out that Prime Minister Tony Abbott, 56, who announced the momentous decision , was a schoolboy when the project was first mooted. Continue reading the main story Start Quote We are seeing people across the political divide joining up at a leadership level saying this finally must happen End Quote David Borger Sydney Business Chamber Over the years various proposals have been suggested and rejected; although constructing a runway out to sea was never a serious contender, other plans to build Sydneyas second airport in Canberra or Newcastle, a port city 160km 100 miles to the north, were considered but shelved. However, this was a bulletin from the 1980s, and the arguments were to meander for another 30 years. 'Good news for Australia'
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