Australian Greens reject airport expansion plan

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Wednesday 16 June 2010

June 15, 2010 in People's Daily. New South Wales Greens MP Lee Rhiannon on Tuesday urged the Australian government to reject plans to expand Sydney's Bankstown Airport following another light plane crash nearby.

The aircraft had left Bankstown Airport, in Sydney's southwest, early Tuesday morning before it crashed a few kilometers away at Canley Vale.

Two people on board are believed to have died in the crash.

"This fatal crash tragically highlights the risks to residents living and working under Bankstown Airport's flight path," Rhiannon said in a statement.

She urged Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese to reject a proposal by Bankstown Airport to expand its operations.

"Minister Albanese must carefully weigh up whether expanding an already busy airport near a densely populated residential airport is worth the risk," she said.

"Another crash like this, that occurred so close to a local school, should never be repeated."

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