Sydney Central Business District Pandemic Recovery Plan (2022)

Flicking The Switch: Research And Insights To Help Sydney’s CBD Turn The Lights On A New Era

In late 2021, Ernst & Young, Australia interviewed a representative sample of 3,017 Sydneysiders to find out how their attitudes to Sydney’s CBD had changed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the activities and activations that would entice them back.

“This is an independent report and not all policy recommendations are, or will be, state government policy. However, it is right that we debate the merits of the ideas proposed in this report. The Sydney CBD is too important to Sydney’s economy, brand and collective identity to not have a plan to reactivate it.”

_{Michael Rodrigues, 24-Hour Economy Commissioner, New South Wales}

Study and report by:

• NSW Government
• Investment NSW
• Ernst & Young, Australia