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Jess Miller - Sydney Doesn't Suck
, 57 min
As her term as Deputy Lord Mayor ended, Jess talks about Sydney Doesn't Suck, her award-winning campaign that got bars and hospitality groups to drop plastic straws, and the City's plans for Sydney's night-time economy.
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Episode notes
From Back of House, as published with the episode.
How effective can hospitality be in shaping the social conscience and creating positive change?
Sydney’s out going deputy lord mayor Jess Miller talks to us about her award winning campaign Sydney Doesn’t Suck, a plastic straw eliminating initiative that co-opted in small bars like This Must be the Place, through to larger groups like Solotel, as well as hospitality publishers including Time Out and Intermedia.
Jess explains how her hospitality training gave her a foundation for a career, taking her from a cellar door on the Mornington Peninsula, to a high profile public office with the City of Sydney. We learn how she has used the “helicopter view” afforded her by her position, to create social change and action.
We also chat through some initiatives that she and the City of Sydney are working on to shape the future of Sydney’s night time landscape.