(1)
(a) As part of the work of the Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct Panel (now known as Tech Central) led by David Thodey, in their report made a recommendation to Government that a key goal for Tech Central to create an additional 25,000 innovation jobs.
The recommendation was based on extensive research and more than 100 stakeholder interviews to inform the panel considerations on the planning for Tech Central.
(b) The recommendation of the Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct Panel was not specific on, full time, casual and part-time positions, but on the creation of innovation focused positions, creating additional developer, coder, research and development, product management, digital designer and other technical roles.
(c) The recommendation of the Panel was that these jobs would be created over 15 years, in alignment with the recommended timeframe for the Precinct Strategic plan.