Western Sydney airport: families left in 'indefinite limbo' call for end to backroom deals

Hundreds of residents are set to protest amid claims wealthier landholders have received favourable planning decisions

A group of families left in indefinite limbo" by planning decisions that favoured wealthy landowners near the Western Sydney airport have called for an end to secretive backroom dealing as they prepare to stage public protests against their treatment by government.

Two separate scandals have now raised serious questions about the way land near the massive airport development is being handled, and the degree to which landholders are lobbying state and federal governments for favourable treatment.