Hitting the two-week milestone has intensified pressure on the government to ease more restrictions, with Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien accusing the Premier of shifting the goalposts "yet again".
Last year, 3439 pedestrians on average would be detected walking through the area during the same lunchtime peak hour. The City of Melbourne's strategy to reinvigorate the CBD is two-fold: bringing office workers back to the major employment hubs, and staging events to attract Victorians into the city centre.
Public Transport Minister Ben Carroll said the government expected public transport use to remain low while work from home advice remained,but encouraged Melburnians to return to public transport. Even in Sydney, where lockdowns are a distant memory, UBS data shows foot traffic remains stubbornly low. Around retail and recreation precincts, it was almost 40 per cent lower in October than in February.
Why? Who does it serve?
Good. Unless we want to see the death of the CBD office workers must be allowed to start returning - ideally on a choice basis recognising that WFH isn’t for everyone.
Great news, Jobkeeper is running out soon. Unless we start up economy soon in Victoria it will be Economic disaster after March when Jobkeeper is gone..But wait Dan Andrews think we should be in some kind of lockdown forever and just live on borrowed money.
Convert the office blocks into apartments so the coffee shops can survive.
Careful! Daniel won’t like you making decisions about office work without his approval.
Uhhh no thanks.
Hmmmm. So make people commute 2 hrs a day we've shown isn't required so the muffin sellers of Melbourne don't go broke?
Work. Shop local