Category: Sydney Lockdowns

Sydney Lockdown to Continue Until We Get Down to ‘Close to Zero’ Cases: NSW Premier

July 13, 2021
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Sydney will not escape lockdown until it achieves zero or “close to zero” cases of COVID-19 following the confirmation of 89 cases of the CCP virus in 24 hours, the NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian announced on Tuesday. The premier said the new Delta variant is a “game changer” which will send Sydney into a lengthy lockdown,…

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Victoria Records 2 Cases of COVID-19 From Family Returning From NSW

July 12, 2021
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Two members of a Melbourne family have tested positive after returning from NSW on red zone permits. The state’s COVID Commander Jeroen Weimar said three of the family of four from the City of Hume arrived on July 4 by air and the other returned by car on July 8. They all initially tested negative,…

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Lockdown Impact on Card Spending Muted in NSW Compared to Victoria

July 7, 2021
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The recent lockdown restrictions in New South Wales (NSW) have had a lower impact on spending activity in the state compared to the recent Victorian hard lockdowns. Both Commonwealth Bank and Westpac Bank data revealed that overall household card activity had not made any significant drops in NSW after the first week of restrictions. Commonwealth…

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Where’s the Justice in Repeated Lockdowns?

July 4, 2021
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Commentary In Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver Twist, we find the oft-quoted phrase: the law is an ass. In his view, the law no longer served the purpose of promoting justice and fairness but became corrupted by arbitrariness so that it served the interests of the few and not the many. In other words, what is…

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Stay at Home Orders for Parts of Sydney Amid Outbreak

June 25, 2021
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The New South Wales (NSW) government has imposed stay-at-home orders in four areas of Sydney after an outbreak of the Delta variant of the CCP virus grew on Friday. Sydneysiders who live or work in the local government areas of Woollahra, Waverly, Randwick, or the City of Sydney itself will now be locked down until…

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