Gladys Berejiklian is seeking to lead Australia out of the pandemic by driving up COVID-19 vaccination rates, so NSW can emerge from its extended lockdown by October even without fully suppressing the state’s growing number of infections.

The NSW Premier has promised a limited reopening at the end of the month of low-risk services for people who are vaccinated, while indicating parts of the Sydney with low cases and high vaccination rates would emerge from lockdown sooner.