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Found a good article on this topic, they will not be lifting the cap:

Transport minister Anthony
Albanese has refused to be drawn
on a timeframe for a decision on
Sydney’s second airport despite
warning additional capacity will
be needed “sooner rather than
later”.
Albanese said delays will worsen
at Sydney as growth continues.
There were applications this year
for flights exceeding the 80-slot
maximum for seven different hours
during the operational day, against
only four hours last year, he said.
“That reflects the growth,”
Albanese said. “Already we know
there are more people who want to
fly into Sydney Airport than the
capacity will grant.”
But the minister reiterated there
will be “no shift in the curfew or
the cap in movements on my watch
at Sydney Airport”.
“What is not a solution is a
removal of either the curfew or
the cap which are constraints that
have been put legitimately around
Sydney Airport,” he said.
A report into Sydney’s airports
needs – a report independent of
Government or party politics - is
in the process of being written and
will be completed in the second
half of the year, Albanese said.
But he refused to speculate on a
timeframe for any decision.
“It is appropriate that there is a
considered response to this rather
than a series of announcements
in which there are chopping and
changing. We need to receive
the report, consider it and
have discussions between the
Commonwealth and the NSW
Government,” he said.
With the exception of Badgerys
Creek, all locations for an airport
will be considered, he added,
including Newcastle. “It’s up to the
committee (producing the report)
but certainly what they’re looking
at in great detail is the sites. That’s
the job they’ve been given,” he said

http://www.travelweekly.com.au/getat...1d67d/pdf.aspx