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A worker at a bowling club where 18 people were infected with coronavirus said it was near impossible to enforce social distancing.  Hal Higgs is a worker at the Avalon Bowlo, in Sydneys northern beaches, which is one of the two venues that authorities have linked to the cluster outbreak that now sits at 28. More than 270,000 people from Spit Bridge to Palm Beach have been told to self-isolate for three days as authorities rush to trace patient zero, who they believe could be part of an intern...

Public Health Alert – New COVID Cases Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said the case associated with the Northern Beaches outbreak was infectious in South East Queensland for two days. By 96five Friday 18 Dec 2020 18 December 2020 Queensland is recording three new cases of COVID-19 this morning, with one associated with the Sydney Northern Beaches outbreak. The remaining two new cases today are overseas acquired and were detected in hotel quarantine. Queensland’s Chief...

Carefree residents have ignored social distancing at Bondi beach despite Sydneys emerging coronavirus cluster.  Shocking footage of packed beachgoers dancing at a drum circle was shared to the Bondi Community Noticeboard Facebook page on Thursday.  The revelry came as the Northern Beaches was ordered to lock up for the next three days after an explosion of 28 confirmed coronavirus cases. Hundreds of revellers were captured ignoring social distancing and partying at Bondi Beach (pictured abov...

The New South Wales Health Minister has awkwardly pleaded with Virgin to refund his Christmas morning flight to Queensland because he lives in a Covid hot spot. Brad Hazzard, who represents the Sydney Northern Beaches electorate of Wakehurst, fronted a media conference in the city centre on Friday morning. This was despite the state government issuing a directive on Thursday night for anyone between Manly and Palm Beach to work from home for three days. Mr Hazzards safe Liberal electorate cover...

Thirteen airline crew members broke self-isolation, left their hotel and headed out for a night on the town a fortnight ago - and it was only disclosed today.  Premier Gladys Berejiklian revealed on Friday that a crew member attended several venues after breaching isolation rules a few weeks ago. But the situation was actually worse than that.  In a statement, the NSW Police Force said officers received information that a crew member had left his accommodation in Mascot on December 5.   Pol...

Person is understood to have visited Sette Cafe under Channel Seven building  Northern beaches recorded 17 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours to Thursday Inner Sydney workers have been told not to go into the office after a local tested positive to Covid-19, sparking fears the Northern Beaches outbreak has spread.  At least one person in an apartment block in Eveleigh, in Sydneys inner city, has tested positive, Daily Mail Australia understands. ADVERTISEMENT The person is understood to have visi...

Last modified on Fri 18 Dec 2020 03.57 EST Time moved slowly inside Suzanne White’s dirty grey Toyota four-wheel drive as she waited in line at a drive-through coronavirus testing site at Manly in Sydney’s north. White, who lives in Dee Why, showed up at 9am on Friday for a test after a sleepless night spent “stressing” about what a positive result would mean for her family’s Christmas plans. She had driven past the Manly testing centre before and it always looked empty so she thought...

Last modified on Fri 18 Dec 2020 14.02 EST Scott Sunderland didn’t even have time to visit his family in Sydney before it became clear he needed to leave. After flying up from Melbourne for business on Wednesday, he had planned to spend Christmas in Sydney with his family. But after two days working and staying with friends in Coogee, news that the coronavirus outbreak in the city had spread from the northern beaches on Friday meant he had to make some quick decisions. “It was just a really...

A delusional Pete Evans is still blaming the media for his spectacular career implosion, after he was dropped by more than a dozen sponsors in less than 24 hours in response to his neo-Nazi meme scandal. In a video interview recorded last month but released this week, the disgraced celebrity chef, 47, played the victim card as he reflected on his fall from grace. He also shared a bizarre anecdote about warning friends of the coming reckoning, saying that others will be ostracised for standing...

News by James O’Doherty Premium Content   NSW Health has effectively placed 250,000 people on the Northern beaches under a three-day stay at home order after COVID cases tripled on Thursday. Twelve additional cases were detected after a testing blitz on last night, taking the outbreak to a total of 17 cases. The aircrew van driver from southern Sydney who tested positive earlier this week is not included in this cluster. The timing of the outbreak coul...