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7158 - Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney - TECH CENTRAL

Mookhey, Daniel to the Minister for Finance and Small Business representing the Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney

(1) In relation to your announcement that Tech Central will bring up to 25,000 new jobs to New South Wales:

(a) Who determined the jobs figure?

(i) How was this figure determined?

(b) Of the 25,000 new jobs:

(i) How many are expected to be Full-time equivalent positions?

(ii) How many are expected to be casual positions?

(iii) How many are expected to be part-time positions?

(c) Over what time period are these jobs expected to be created?
Answer -

(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.

Question asked on 11 August 2021 (session 57-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 560
Answer received on 31 August 2021 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 574

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