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Our Strategy for Western Sydney's Airport FLIGHT PATH FLIGHT PATH OUR STRATEGY FOR WESTERN SYDNEY’S AIRPORT westernsydney.edu.au 1 DECADAL STRATEGY: WESTERN SYDNEY AIRPORT WE ARE WESTERN SYDNEY With respect for Aboriginal cultural protocol and out of recognition that its campuses occupy their traditional lands, Western Sydney University acknowledges the Darug, Tharawal (also historically referred to as Dharawal), Cabrogal and Wiradjuri peoples and thanks them for their support of its work in their lands (Greater Western Sydney and beyond). 2 Western Sydney University FLIGHT PATH MESSAGE FROM THE VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PRESIDENT ‘Flight Path’ is a comprehensive At its core, this is a report developed by jobs by 2026. This strategy shows how, and for the region. ‘Flight Path’ draws on with targeted investment from government strategy that details Western the insights of nearly 50,000 students and and industry, the University can drive the Sydney University’s long-term researchers, and captures the voices of realisation of this objective. But Western commitment to maximising the industry partners, government and — most Sydney has significant ground to make up. importantly — our community. social, cultural and economic ‘Flight Path’ affirms that leveraging the Airport benefits of the Western Sydney This is a report unequivocally concerned to redress the stark jobs-intensity divide Airport for our region. with ensuring the West, our nation’s third between the West and the rest of Greater largest economy and fastest growing region, Sydney must be the project’s central priority. Airports are hubs of transition. Their basic determines its own future. Above all else, this report pursues that objective. success is defined by their capacity to facilitate movement, transaction and exchange. But Why us? WSU is embedded in the West. We In mapping the way ahead to the Airport’s their deeper value is gauged by their ability to understand it. We know its challenges, its opening in 2026, this report also highlights the extend the notion of transition. achievements and its potential. opportunities that exist now. Focusing on the ‘Aerotropolis Edge Cities’ — Campbelltown, Preparations for a transformative piece of Liverpool and Penrith — ‘Flight Path’ looks Great airports become a infrastructure like the Airport — even at at how these cities can, and are, leading in destination. Not just a point this early stage — will ask hard questions developing skills, labour market capacity and of transit. of government. Policies and planning collaborative industry clusters to intersect with frameworks will be crucial to extending the the Airport. Airport beyond its function as a transit hub. The best airports drive large-scale economic The University’s existing engineering focus at pivots, they enliven social and cultural Under the Western Sydney the Kingswood–Werrington campuses, with its interactions, they provoke new ways of connection to the planned St Marys–Airport engaging places and ideas. Great airports City Deal, federal and state rail link, is identified as a pivotal site for early become a destination. Not just a point of transit. governments have signed up to investment and rapid intensification, as is the deliver 200,000 knowledge jobs WSU-Hort Innovation partnered, National These are the structural characteristics Vegetable Protected Cropping Centre at the Western Sydney needs to support if, as a by 2026. Hawkesbury campus. region, we are to realise the full potential of Australia’s newest airport at Badgerys Creek. The public will rightly demand to see just what It is this imperative that drove Western Sydney The question of jobs is the most measures are in place to optimise the Airport’s University (WSU) to develop a strategy to support of Western Sydney’s remarkable urgent. energise planning for the Airport and realise growth and momentum. There are no second the broader opportunities this generational chances. There is no time to lose in responding ‘Flight Path’ shows how the University can project presents. to these imperatives. The region’s voters align with and drive the industry–attraction will react strongly to any deviation from the The strategy shows how the University can themes government signatories have set under substantial commitments governments at all use its collaborative network to coordinate, the City Deal. This is where the University’s levels have confidently made. expand and intensify the best opportunities highly-specialised and internationally- the Airport, Aerotropolis and Western Sydney recognised research in fields like machine- The question of jobs is the most urgent. Under City Deal present. human interaction, protected cropping and the City Deal, federal and state governments integrative medicine come to the fore. have signed up to deliver 200,000 knowledge westernsydney.edu.au 3 DECADAL STRATEGY: WESTERN SYDNEY AIRPORT The strategy also illustrates how the thematic The University’s world-leading vertical campus positioning of this expertise in accessible network is central to this value proposition. and collaborative locations — like Liverpool, ‘Flight Path’ shows how this network can be Hawkesbury and Westmead — is key to their strengthened even further through focused successful integration with the Aerotropolis. partnerships with other universities and education providers in highly–accessible, The University’s Launch Pad start-up/scale- industry-themed and technology–rich areas. up incubator can activate this expertise by partnering with businesses to distribute the WSU wants ‘Flight Path’ to be an early economic benefits of the Airport across articulation of the region’s strengths. We want the region. it to assert that Western Sydney is not simply ready for the Airport: we are committed and Furthermore, the labour force required to capable of making WSA Australia’s most drive new knowledge jobs will emerge from transformative, impactful and innovative approaches to curriculum that embrace the infrastructure project. changing nature of work and digital disruption pioneered by the University’s ‘21st Century That’s what the region deserves. This strategy Curriculum’ project. shows how that outcome can be delivered. The University’s groundbreaking ‘Western Growth’ program of campus transformation maximises the University’s networking capacity — a network that WSA can leverage to distribute the Airport’s economic transition PROFESSOR BARNEY GLOVER AO effects across Western Sydney. No other VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PRESIDENT organisation has the depth, range and intensity WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY of connections across every major Western Sydney centre. No other entity can attract, MARCH 2019 enliven and engage industry, government and community connections in the way the University can. 4 Western Sydney University FLIGHT PATH Industries poised to feature include aviation services, advanced manufacturing, smart logistics and agritech. westernsydney.edu.au 5 DECADAL STRATEGY: WESTERN SYDNEY AIRPORT THE NEW AIRPORT AND AEROTROPOLIS CONTEXT The coming Western Sydney By 2030, the population of Western Sydney These areas — along with the ‘Aerotropolis will be greater than the rest of Sydney, driving Edge Cities’* — will be positioned to attract Airport is more than simply the need for a second airport. By around high-tech industries, and help shape the a piece of infrastructure or 2035, Kingsford Smith Airport will be unable ‘Aerotropolis’, the 114ha zone around logistical hub. With sustained to meet growing commercial and freight the WSA.** Industries poised to feature investment and political aviation demand. Western Sydney Airport prominently will include: (WSA) is essential. ≥ aviation services commitment, it can become a ≥ advanced manufacturing global exemplar of innovation and These areas will be positioned to ≥ smart logistics and supply chain economic transformation. ≥ technology-supported peri-urban attract high-tech industries. agriculture. A new airport in the West is crucial to realising The rise of these industries around the Airport the industry, employment and economic will disrupt the region’s existing jobs and skills outcomes promoted in the Greater Sydney profile. This comes on the back of existing Commission’s ‘Three Cities’ model, a planning challenges. Job density levels in areas of structure supported by the Commonwealth Western Sydney are already exceedingly and NSW Governments. Further, priority low, when compared — for example — to growth areas have been identified in close other parts of Greater Sydney.^ Equally, proximity to WSA, with commitments a pronounced funding, and policy-focus from the NSW Government for accelerated disparity exists between Inner Sydney and the rezoning and faster approvals. West with regard to government support for industry innovation programs.^^ If governments’ economic-uplift promises for the Airport are to be met, then addressing existing and emerging labour market and access challenges must be a priority. NOTES * For the purposes of this report: ‘Aerotropolis Edge Cities’ are cities 10km+ from Badgerys Creek that will benefit from having an airport in close proximity. The Airport will be a catalyst for growth in business and population due to increased jobs and infrastructure. Current metropolitan and economic centres including Liverpool, Penrith and Campbelltown all sit within close proximity of the Airport. Fast rail and road connections could also ensure Parramatta and Blacktown benefit as secondary edge cities. ** The ‘Greater Sydney Commission’ defines the 114ha site at Bringelly, under the City
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