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Perth shakes off pandemic ‘ghost town’ tag

Peter Kennedy
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Perth’s CBD is at the forefront of Australian cities as they continue to recover from the hit to traditional working practices caused by the lockdowns early last year to combat COVID-19.

“Last March and early April, most office workers were operating from home,” said Marion Fulker, chief executive of the Committee for Perth. “The city was described as a bit of a ‘ghost town’.”

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Peter Kennedy is a Perth-based journalist and author of Tales from Boom Town – Western Australian Premiers from Brand to McGowan.

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