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Aircraft noise from new runways will hit thousands more homes. Australia needs fairer solutions

Written by Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne

Major changes to flight paths are underway across Australia’s three largest cities.

Brisbane’s new runway has already shifted aircraft noise onto suburbs that never experienced it before.

Western Sydney Airport’s finalised routes will bring flight paths to entirely new parts of the city from 2026. Sydney’s Mascot Airport has...

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