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Tuesday, 29 October 1996
Page: 6072

(Question No. 606)


Mr Mossfield asked the Minister for Transport and Regional Development, upon notice, on 22 August 1996:

Is he able to say whether residents of Riverstone, Schofields and Vineyard in the outer west of Sydney will not be inconvenienced in any way by noise or other effects of the 24 hour operation of commercial flights which may be given permission to use RAAF Base Richmond before, during and after the Sydney Olympic Games.


Mr Sharp —The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

A comprehensive review is currently being undertaken of Sydney Airport's capacity to cater for all traffic in the year 2000. The review is taking account of the under-utilised capacity of Sydney Airport during off-peak hours; the experience of other Olympics and the capacity of other airports to cater for any need for overflow traffic such as charters and aircraft parking, should they be needed for the Games.

However, there is no intention of having 24 hour operation of commercial flights at the RAAF Base at Richmond to handle any additional traffic which might be generated before, during or after the Games in the year 2000.