Confirmed: Premier names date for return to school
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed students across NSW will return to school classrooms with a staggered approach as the number of new COVID-19 infections continues to drop.
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Fines surge as reckless drivers tear up empty NSW roads
COVID-19 lockdowns may have cleared the streets but that hasn’t stopped reckless drivers, with almost twice as many fines issued for serious driving offences than this time last year.
Mic off: Some of the worst video meeting fails
With most meetings taking place behind screens rather than across the boardroom — but what is the right etiquette. Can you eat a burger? Should you be patting your dog? Find out the right rules and watch some of the worst virtual meetings here.
Sacked fire chief back in job but staff threaten to quit
Despite allegations of bullying and misconduct Kurri Kurri fire captain Ken Maxwell has won his unfair dismissal case against NSW Fire and Rescue despite a commission hearing half the station will quit if he returns.
Cops dish COVID fines on Sydney shisha pipe smokers
Four people in a Sydney hotel room with a shisha pipe and an “adult entertainer” are among dozens of people handed $1000 fines for Easter weekend breaches of COVID-19 isolation laws. HERE ARE ALL THE FINES
Will the handshake survive in a post-coronavirus world?
Handshake etiquette in a post-coronavirus world: Is it in or out? The global greeting was an early casualty of COVID-19 after health experts warned it was a simple way to spread the deadly virus. Will it come back? VOTE IN OUR POLL
Sydney’s workout crisis: concrete dumbbells and wooden benches
After the shelves containing exercise equipment were swept clean Sydney’s second-hand market places have been flooded with makeshift kettlebells, concrete dumbbells and wooden gym benches.
‘We live in a sh*thole and we’re fine with isolation’
It began as a dig at rich neighbours flouting social distancing rules, but the wine has been flowing since these eastern suburbs tenants hung their cheeky isolation sign on their balcony.
What you can and can’t do in NSW this weekend
Families cannot go for picnics, groups are not allowed out on a small boat and do not even think of a scenic drive this weekend under tough coronavirus restrictions. SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO
Thousands of backpackers may be sent home
More than 100,000 backpackers are in Australia on special working visas, but COVID-19 restrictions mean many may be forced to return home.
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