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“My job is really trying to co-ordinate, at a state government level, between all the agencies that can impact positively or negatively on the going-out experience with customers," says NSW’S 24 Hour Economy Commissioner, Michael Rodrigues.
“That’s transport, police, health, planning, local government, and then the many councils across the state.”
“Because of our penal colony mindset, we tend to regulate for the day and just say ‘no’ at night. My job is to turn that ‘no at night’ into ‘yes, unless’. Unless there is a good reason for restricting it," says Michael Rodrigues.
We acknowledge that we live and work on Aboriginal land and recognise the strength, resilience and capacity of First Nations Australians. We also acknowledge all of the traditional owners of the land in NSW, and pay respect to First Nations Elders, past and present.
