The report, Sustaining The Advantage: Benchmarking Sydney’s Performance, compares Sydney against 33 other global cities, including Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Paris and Singapore.

However, it warns that Sydney’s continued success relies upon maintaining the current high level of investment in transport and digital infrastructure, addressing housing affordability and enhancing the city’s innovation economy. The report, written by leading global cities expert, Professor Greg Clark, found that Sydney is one of the leading global cities for foreign investment, higher education, sustainability and safety. But housing unaffordability and a stalled innovation economy risk future competitivenessĪ new study from independent think tank the Committee for Sydney reports that Sydney is closer to joining the top-tier of global cities.The city is a magnet for global firms, international students and outside investment.

Benchmarking study finds that Sydney is close to joining the top seven world cities.

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