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Workers are returning to Brisbane's CBD, with office occupancy rates hitting 64 per cent of COVID-19 pre-pandemic levels — one of the highest rates in the country, according to new data.

The committee has also recommended the ACT government develop a plan to increase spending in the CBD and town centres.

CBD stores rely on foot traffic from workers and tourists. After two long years, how different will city centres look in the future?

A faster return to offices will reinvigorate Canberra's city centre, the Property Council of Australia says.

Relaxed COVID-19 restrictions for Western Australia may be in place, but Perth businesses fear it will not be enough to breathe new life into a CBD struggling under the weight of the pandemic.

The Prime Minister tries to woo WA voters with more cash for Edith Cowan University's new inner-city campus, touted as a "state-of-the-art" project that will transform Perth's CBD.

Locals fear their suburb and streets will never be the same once the University of Tasmania moves its southern campus into the Hobart CBD and redevelops the Sandy Bay site into 2,700 homes, a tourism precinct and new sporting facilities.

Data recording pedestrian activity in central Melbourne shows a slight increase on the first business day since Victorian health authorities dropped a recommendation to work from home.

A new round of the 'Melbourne Money' program, which offer rebates to people who spend money in the city's CBD, is part of a $200m package to support businesses affected by the pandemic.