Big backflip on pub, restaurant booking caps
Melbourne Cup lunches, early Christmas parties and group celebrations are back on after a big change was made to hospitality restrictions.
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Deadliest NSW day; aged care visits back; hospitalisations down
NSW has recorded its deadliest day since the pandemic began with 15 people dying from Covid and 863 new cases. Read our Covid blog.
Students to return to school a week earlier
Children will go back to the classroom a week earlier than planned, with Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 12 students to return from October 18.
How rapid tests could help avoid future restrictions
Rapid Covid tests will be available from November, helping Australia reopen further – here’s what they will be used for.
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Confusion reigns as MPs, Sydneysiders forced to isolate
Corrections Minister Anthony Roberts has checked himself into a quarantine hotel while other MPs and staffers are isolating at home — along with thousands of Sydneysiders — in a bid to stop the spread of Covid.
‘Stay at home’: Four Sydney LGAs under lockdown
Anyone who lives or works within the Woollahra, Waverley, Randwick and City of Sydney council areas are under Covid lockdown for at least a week by order of the state government. This comes after 22 local cases were recorded on Friday, as the Delta strain is proving too contagious to contain.
Fears Covid ‘viral bombs’ driving around Sydney
Transport for NSW drivers have revealed they rarely see private vehicles used to carry aircrew following the same Covid procedures they must adhere too.
Covid sites go from salon to Parliament and beyond
Mystery surrounds a Covid diagnosis at a hairdresser favoured by Sydney’s rich and famous as New Zealand extends its border closure to NSW residents. Follow our live blog.
Fears Canberra could be on verge of Covid crisis
Canberra is on the verge of a Covid crisis with news that a man was advised to isolate after attending several events with politicians in the nation’s capital.
New masks rule for NSW and long lines for testing
There were long lines for testing at locations across Sydney for testing on Wednesday after NSW Health released new venues exposed to Covid.
NSW to get 10 million vaccines by September
NSW will be given enough doses of Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccine to reach ten million by September – a mark Premier Gladys Berejiklian says is necessary.
Border Force refuses half of all exit applications
Australians have a fifty-fifty chance of making it out of the country with the world’s toughest borders, with half of the travel exemptions applied for being refused.
NSW to double Pfizer doses as states revolt
Pfizer Covid vaccine doses sent to NSW will be doubled to 200,000 a week by the federal government which is moving to quell a state revolt over a lack of supply.
NZ shuts travel bubble with NSW
The travel bubble between New Zealand and NSW has been temporarily closed after the recent spike in cases, including 10 new on Tuesday.
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