‘Get people back to the office’: NAB boss

Ayesha de Kretser, Nick Lenaghan and Yolanda Redrup

Feb 4, 2022 – 5.29pm

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Businesses have called for state governments to reverse their “stay home” messaging to encourage workers back to desolate central business districts, with March 1 emerging as the target return date for some of the country’s biggest companies.

The head of Australia’s biggest office landlord Dexus, Darren Steinberg, said there is an increasing sense of frustration among many of his customer base with the government orders. He said March is now the month that many are targeting to get workers back into the office.

Ayesha de Kretser is a senior reporter with The Australian Financial Review covering the aviation and tourism sectors. She has previously reported on banking, mining and commodity markets.

Nick Lenaghan edits the property section, which covers all aspects, from residential real estate and housing and construction to commercial property – office, retail, industrial – and major ASX-listed developers and real estate investment trusts.

Yolanda Redrup is the editor of the AFR Rich List. She previously reported on technology, healthcare and Street Talk.