Photos show Sydney’s busiest train station is again packed with people, making social distancing near impossible, and sparking calls for mandatory masks and more COVID marshalls across the city’s transport network.
Matthew Doyle’s wife Kelsea has spoken for the first time since her husband was charged over an international plan to smuggle up to 300kg of cocaine into Australia a year ago. Kelsea has told The Sunday Telegraph she will stand by her husband, who has been jailed for five years.
From snorting cocaine among Sydney’s high society to a jail cell, high-flying property developer Matthew Doyle has been jailed over an international plan to smuggle up to 300kg of cocaine into Australia.
Public schools in Double Bay and Homebush have closed due to cases of COVID-19, as authorities rush to contain a growing outbreak linked to the Sydney CBD. It comes after another student milestone, Schoolies, was officially cancelled.
Ten days out from spring and NSW is shivering through an icy weekend, with a cold front bringing wind storms, heavy rain and a dumping of snow on Saturday — tipped to be the coldest day of the year.
A second hotel quarantine security guard has tested positive for COVID-19 and several venues in Sydney’s west have issued alerts after being visited by people infected with the virus. It comes as NSW recorded nine new cases overnight.
NSW has recorded five new cases of COVID-19 overnight, but the state remains on high alert as silent transmission continues in Sydney’s south and west. It comes as John Barilaro breaks ranks with the Premier, calling for a relaxation of NSW-Victoria border restrictions.
Alerts have been issued for diners at Chopstix restaurant in Sydney and Rick Stein at Bannisters, after NSW recorded nine COVID-19 cases overnight. It comes as authorities are ‘optimistic’ Victoria’s second wave has peaked, with 303 new cases and four deaths today.
From hard lockdowns watching Aussies battle over loo rolls, to a cautious new ‘life as normal’, four expats describe life under the pandemic in Paris, Italy, Spain and the US, looming second waves and how they’re adapting in a year of uncertainty.
Health Minister Brad Hazzard says bars, restaurants and cafes could be subject to tougher measures again if people don’t practice being COVID-safe.
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