New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has persisted in his decision to keep the state open during the Omicron outbreak, despite criticism that his government’s stance would render Liberals unable to secure seats in the election. It comes as the Liberals look set to lose the Sydney seat of Strathfield and the South Coast seat of Bega to Labor at the weekend’s ‘super Saturday’ of four by-elections in NSW. Perrottet said the government will reflect and learn from “some disappointing results across the board,” but maintained that his approach to COVID-19 restrictions would not change. “Going into lockdowns may be popular, but it is not right,” he told Liberal supporters in Strathfield on Saturday. “We need to keep businesses open. We need to keep people in work.” On Sunday, he added that “there are certainly lessons to be taken from the ‘particularly disappointing’ result in Bega, but by-elections are notoriously hard …