Maybe I'm being a bit simplistic here, but if runway capacity was the issue, would it not be possible to build a fourth runway, say as a third parallel runway into Botany Bay?
Should terminal capacity be the issue, would it not be feasible to extend either or both the domestic and international terminals?
I realise these things take time and costs lots of money, but surely they would be one hell of a lot preferable to these cruddy ideas of building an international airport in say Canberra, Goulburn or Newcastle.
Politicians would happily tell you this (C/G/N) is the way to go, but that's only because they stuffed up the opportunity build the new airport at Badgery's Creek some twenty years ago, before allowing the suburban sprawl to permanently kill the idea!
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