‘Out from the doona, off with the ugg boots’
Readers have their say on the light at the end of the lockdown tunnel, and a problem that looms beyond Covid.
NSW Politics
Time for Berejiklian to be held to account
The NSW government has moved to delay parliamentary sittings for another month, prompting claims that it is trying to avoid scrutiny for its poor pandemic decision-making.
We’ve had enough. It’s time for courage and honesty
In a show of guts, Gladys Berejiklian is the only one of a motley crew of leaders who is willing to call out the big Covid lie.
Premier plots path to freedom
NSW has become the first state to shun surging case numbers and commit to return individual freedoms to those who have been fully vaccinated.
First vaccine reward for NSW imminent
One retail sector is set to be the big winner, with restrictions likely to be rolled back in low-risk areas during September.
‘Release the double-dosed’
Readers have their say on freedoms for the jabbed, Dan’s sleight of hand, and the curriculum authority getting schooled.
Revealed: NSW freedom plan for fully vaccinated
Proposal would see bars, restaurants and gyms reopen to fully inoculated once vaccination coverage reaches 70 per cent.
More troops, police powers to halt virus
Gladys Berejiklian will hand new powers to police in a bid to stop Sydneysiders leaving the city, while more troops are set to patrol the streets.
Bending NSW’s ring of aluminium
No one talks about the Berejiklian government being the gold standard of pandemic management anymore. Settle in for a white knuckle ride.
Vaccine hesitancy rife among Year 12s
The Berejiklian government’s vaccination push for Year 12 students is in danger of being derailed by high levels of vaccination hesitancy among the cohort.
The Gladys insult that infuriated Dan
A barb from Gladys Berejiklian disparaging Dan Andrews’s handling of Covid-19 started a media war between the premiers, Diary has learnt.
Berejiklian and the faux feminists
Why is it that when it comes to two male Labor Premiers lecturing a female Liberal one, the sisterhood is largely silent?
Berejiklian’s lockdown will drag us all down
Before our eyes we have a real-time case study of whether we can go back to a normal pre-2020 life with the virus and the vaccine.
Battlers want to avoid the virus, not live with it
Dan Andrews learnt from his mistakes, but NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian apparently learnt nothing from Melbourne or the Ruby Princess.
Too blunt, too inflexible, if it’s not working, then unlock
Despite promises of ‘green shoots’ and silver linings, lockdown has been thoroughly unsuccessful in suppressing Delta in Sydney.
Tick, tock … It’s time you trusted us, Premier
What’s the big secret, Gladys? Why did it take TikTok guy to raise questions about authorities who sit on Covid numbers for 15 hours each night?
Gladys vs Sky’s Clennell, Round Two
‘It’s not really nice being shouted at, can I say?’ With those words, the NSW Premier kicked off round two of her very public running battle with Andrew Clennell.
Gladys must be held to account for this mess
Having lived through our long lockdown and learnt the hard way, Victorians can see the errors being made.
The great Dan v Gladys lockdown face-off
If Lockdown 5.0 is short, sharp and successful in Victoria, it will have the potential to redefine the national debate on the management of the virus.
Berejiklian finds her voice and we should find ours
While the NSW Premier this week expanded jab efforts and added pressure over quarantine, she also made a less noticed, but equally significant decision.
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