Participating towns will receive financial backing and tailored support to develop strategies that encourage evening activity through initiatives such as marketing campaigns, events, and community activations.

The reforms will be incorporated into the state’s Equal Opportunity Act, marking a major update to the design of Labor’s world-first work-from-home laws.

It provided a space so welcoming that many self-described sports haters and fans alienated by the hypermasculinity of men’s sports were drawn to it.