Gladys Berejiklian has defended allowing florists and clothes stores to open without being hit with $5,000 fines during Sydney s lockdown.
Sydney, Wollongong, the Blue Mountains, and the Central Coast are in their second week of lockdown with Covid cases rising by 35 on Friday and 15 on Saturday.
Residents must stay at home unless they have to buy groceries, care for a loved one, visit the doctor, or go to work, and the government has requested that only essential services remain open for business.
Some of questioned how many businesses that many would regard as non-essential have remained open throughout the lockdown.
The NSW premier stood her ground again when questioned about why the lockdown wasn t as strict as those in other states during a press conference on Sunday.
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