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| 'No life after dark': Clover Moore blames lockout laws for drop in visitors to Sydney | 'No life after dark': Clover Moore blames lockout laws for drop in visitors to Sydney |
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| Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore is optimistic a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry will properly investigate what can be done to “give life back” to the city’s nightlife. | Sydney lord mayor Clover Moore is optimistic a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry will properly investigate what can be done to “give life back” to the city’s nightlife. |
| Moore on Monday gave evidence at the inquiry which is re-examining Sydney’s controversial lockout laws as part of a review of the city’s night-time economy. | Moore on Monday gave evidence at the inquiry which is re-examining Sydney’s controversial lockout laws as part of a review of the city’s night-time economy. |
| “There’s an understanding that the lockout laws – whilst a circuit-breaker at the time – have taken the oxygen out of Sydney’s night-time economy,” the lord mayor later told reporters. | “There’s an understanding that the lockout laws – whilst a circuit-breaker at the time – have taken the oxygen out of Sydney’s night-time economy,” the lord mayor later told reporters. |
| The state government introduced the laws in 2014 in response to alcohol-fuelled violence. The laws are supported by emergency service workers who say lockouts save lives. | The state government introduced the laws in 2014 in response to alcohol-fuelled violence. The laws are supported by emergency service workers who say lockouts save lives. |
| 'We're fighting for the same spaces': Are lockout laws killing Sydney's queer culture? | 'We're fighting for the same spaces': Are lockout laws killing Sydney's queer culture? |
| But the city council, in its submission to the inquiry, said there had been a 10% drop in under-35s visiting Sydney annually since 2013. | But the city council, in its submission to the inquiry, said there had been a 10% drop in under-35s visiting Sydney annually since 2013. |
| It also suggested there’d been a 50% drop in the number of venues dedicated to live music. | It also suggested there’d been a 50% drop in the number of venues dedicated to live music. |
| Moore attributed those figures to the city having “no life after dark”. | Moore attributed those figures to the city having “no life after dark”. |
| “There is a real opportunity now to put Sydney back on the map in terms of the creative life of our city, the diversity in our city and the after-dark life of our city,” she said. | “There is a real opportunity now to put Sydney back on the map in terms of the creative life of our city, the diversity in our city and the after-dark life of our city,” she said. |
| NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian was quick to question the lord mayor’s figures, however. | NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian was quick to question the lord mayor’s figures, however. |
| “That’s just not the facts, the facts show otherwise,” the premier told reporters. | “That’s just not the facts, the facts show otherwise,” the premier told reporters. |
| “There was an independent report the mayor put forward last year and I was pleased to read it said Sydney had the highest number of tourists in all categories and that will continue.” | “There was an independent report the mayor put forward last year and I was pleased to read it said Sydney had the highest number of tourists in all categories and that will continue.” |
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