Going up? Council wants more people in lifts to elevate CBD foot traffic

“So we’ll be talking to the Chief Health Officer [Jeannette Young] and the authorities to see if there can be some changes there to get more people back into offices in the city, people back to work, and then supporting local businesses in the inner city as well.”

The comments come after a record November and December for the state’s retail sector, which the peak body labelled its best in 10 years, despite the effects of the pandemic.

Speaking alongside Cr Schrinner, National Retail Association chief executive Dominique Lamb said Queensland had been, with an “incredible” increase of 6 per cent, one percentage point above the national…