In praise of suburban workforces

Professor Phillip O’Neill, director of the UWS Urban Research Centre, based in the Parramatta CBD, says a plus for companies moving west is taking advantage of workers living in the suburbs. “They are loyal, travel shorter distances, the home-work balance is better, with the cultural diversity you have a multilingual workforce and you can run out of hours more easily,” he told The Daily Telegraph.

The Telly said business and urban research leaders cited traffic congestion, long-distance commuting and high office rents as the cause behind the exodus the Sydney/North Sydney CBD. The government is also shifting services to the west with the Police Force headquarters, the Attorney-General’s Department in Parramatta, and the Sydney Water HQ under construction in the city.