Council hopes heritage plan halts Port Botany’s cruise terminals

Port Botany cruise terminal

A plan to save Botany Bay from the state government building Sydney second terminal, has been put forward by a Randwick councillor. Labor councillor Danny Said will present a motion to council later this month, to place both sites on the state’s heritage list to stop the cruise terminal developments at Yarra Bay and Molineaux … Read more

Row erupts over Sydney Harbour’s new port facilities

Cruise terminal

As the State Government continues to delay the release of a plan to solve Sydney Harbour’s cruise ship capacity problems, a major business lobby has sided with those pressing for the use of Botany Bay as a new cruise terminal. Chief Executive Patricia Forsyth of the Sydney Business Council criticised Heffron and Maroubra Labor MPs … Read more

Federal government backs search for third cruise terminal

Sydney cruise terminal

The federal government has outlined plans to help NSW’s cruise industry, announcing it will be financing the search for a third Sydney cruise terminal. The development of this vital piece of infrastructure, which the cruise lines have indicated is sorely needed, will bring in billions of tourism dollars. Currently the cruise ship industry brings in … Read more