Queen's University labor relations expert George Smith said the lockout was expected.

The deputy leader of the Opposition coalition Tamaiva Tuavera said the lockout was wrong.

Although the City of Sydney uses some statistical tricks to say the lockouts are working, the truth can be seen in the data.

In a scathingly non-apologetic post, Mr Baird said the lockout laws had "neither shut down the city, nor killed its night-life".