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

By Milad Haghani, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne
Abbas Rajabifard, Professor in Geomatics and SDI, The University of Melbourne
Gavin Lambert, Director, Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology, Swinburne University of Technology
Rico Merkert, Professor in Transport and Supply Chain Management and Deputy Director, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS), University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
Taha Hossein Rashidi, Professor of Transport Engineering, UNSW Sydney

Even moderate night-time aircraft noise can increase insomnia – particularly children. The US and UK both do more to mitigate the noise around airports.

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