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Sydney shoppers and business leaders have welcomed Premier Gladys Berejiklian's announcement that masks will become mandatory in certain indoor environments, accepting it as a necessary step that will inspire confidence rather than deter customers.
The executive director of the Sydney Business Chamber Katherine O'Regan welcomed measures that contained the virus, thereby allowing trading to continue.
Luca Aroney and Lauren Chadlowe shopping for masks in Chatswood.
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"It's a critical time for hospitality and retail so I would see that this is good for the consumer and good for business," she said.
"It will give people the confidence to go out in a COVID-safe way. A lot of businesses are pretty keen to get an uplift following what was a pretty awful lead in to that Christmas period.