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âBring people back to townâ: Government considers free public transport to boost CBD
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The Berejiklian government will consider making public transport to Sydneyâs Central Business District free on some days in a bid to reignite economic activity in the cityâs commercial hub.
State Treasurer Dominic Perrottet will also lobby his federal counterpart Josh Frydenberg to temporarily suspend fringe benefits tax on spending in the CBD to help hospitality businesses.
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet and Sydney Lord Mayor, Clover Moore at the Sydney CBD summit
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Sydney’s current bus shelters, public benches and other pieces of street furniture will be overhauled in the coming months, in a bid to beautify the city.
Scheduled to commence around July, City of Sydney Council believes the shake up will be beneficial for the CBD, as well as Glebe, Paddington and Zetland, who are also having their furniture replaced.
Outdoor media company QMS confirmed their 10-year-contract with council in June 2020, with their CEO Barclay Nettlefold saying that the company were delighted with the agreement that would see them align the company with the city’s 2030 vision.
Clover Moore has called on the NSW government to cancel the popular harbour New Year s Eve fireworks in the wake of the state s growing Covid outbreak on the Northern Beaches.
The Lord Mayor of Sydney says that if the state s police and health authorities believe the event cannot be held safely then the celebrations should not go ahead.
The City of Sydney made a deal in September with the NSW Government to undertake a temporary custodianship of the annual fireworks celebrations in the midst of the pandemic.
Lord Mayor of Sydney Clover Moore has called for the annual NYE fireworks (pictured) to be cancelled if police and health authorities deem the even unsafe