Which Sydney beaches are still open despite COVID-19
Sydney’s heavily congested surf breaks have been abandoned after closures to NSW’s most iconic beaches but there are plenty of beaches that remain open across the state. SEE WHICH BEACHES ARE OPEN
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Gladys warns defiant millennials: we will get you
With young people the age group suffering the most from coronavirus in NSW, Premier Gladys Berejiklian has warned of a fine or even jail if they continue to ignore restrictions.
‘Detainee 1605’: Inside the luxury Sydney hotel lockdown
Travellers locked in a five-star Sydney hotel have continued their complaints about service despite having their laundry done, meals provided including a bottle of wine a day and the ability to order necessities.
Hell on high seas: Aussies stuck on death ship
Jodie McNamara is desperately worried for her mother, Shirley Maclaren, who is one of 131 Australians stuck on a cruise ship denied entry to multiple countries in South America, resulting in four people dying at sea of suspected COVID-19.
‘Enjoy the hotel and quit whining’: Police commissioner
Returned travellers forced into the 14-day isolation in Sydney hotels say they have been deprived of adequate food and medicine and feel like “test guinea pigs”. But the NSW Police Commissioner says it has to be done for the good of the community.
‘Bomb threat’ clears busy Sydney road, man charged
A man has been charged after a four-hour standoff with the bomb squad on a busy road overpass, which forced the closure of major arterial roads in Sydney’s northwest this morning.
Coronavirus national cabinet to crackdown on house parties
The national cabinet of government leaders are meeting tonight to clarify what Aussies are allowed to do under social distancing rules in a bid to crackdown on house-partiers side stepping the bar ban. Meanwhile the HSC will go ahead this year, despite the NAPLAN being cancelled. LIVE UPDATES
Minister admits MyGov didn’t crash from ‘cyber attack’
The MyGov website was not downed by a cyber attack, instead it crashed because more than 95,000 jobless Australians were trying to apply for coronavirus income support, the Government Services Minister has admitted.
Sydney mega churches to broadcast services online
With some of Australia’s biggest churches preparing for the coronavirus outbreak to hit their congregation, the Prime Minister’s own church has told its followers that health and safety is “and expression of love that honours the lord”.
Sydney train delays the worst on record
Sydney commuters have slogged through the worst train delays on record in the past month with just 83 per cent of scheduled services arriving on time and one line had it the worst.
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