As people begin to return to work and school - limited by social distancing rules - the new normal has less people on busses and trains, in restaurants and cafes, and in office buildings.

The success of technology in enabling the great work from home experiment has business questioning if staff working from home can be made a permanent thing. Education systems are asking if home schooling options can be expanded and people are asking if long commutes to central business districts are worth the time and effort - if productivity can be sustained through technology platforms.

Public policy advocate and Chairman of the Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue, Christopher Brown, joins Smarter Cities to discuss the challenge of the new normal.

Is the case for the city being disrupted by a post Covid-19 world?