NSW Premier Declares ‘National Emergency’ Over COVID-19
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has said the Delta variant outbreak of the CCP virus in Sydney had become a “national emergency.”
“There is no doubt that the numbers are not going in the direction we hoped they would at this stage, and it is fairly apparent we will nowhere close to zero come next Friday,” Berejiklian said.
The state government had been advised by the NSW Chief Health Officer (CHO) Kerry Chant and her team of medical personnel that Sydney is in a serious situation, and it was right to declare a “national emergency,” Berejiklian added.
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Lockdowns, Public Servant Pay Cuts Should Go Hand-in-Hand
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“We need to restart our economy. We need to restart our society. We can’t keep Australia under the doona. We need to be able to move ahead.”
These were the words of Prime Minister Scott Morrison on April 30 last year.
Now, not only is Morrison encouraging premiers to keep their citizens under the doona, he’s buying and distributing them himself.
As some commentators noted during Victoria’s fourth lockdown, the prime minister has become a “lockdown enabler.”
His announcement that the Commonwealth government would pick up half the tab for income support for individuals and businesses during lockdowns provides an incentive for states to lockdown sooner.
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Stricter Lockdown Measures in NSW Lockdown After 1 Death, 111 Cases
Stay-at-home orders in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) are being tightened in three key suburbs of Sydney, retail is being restricted, and construction paused as the state records that a man in his 80s has died after contracting COVID-19, amid 111 new locally acquired cases.
From midnight on Saturday, residents in the local government areas of Fairfield, Canterbury-Bankstown, and Liverpool are not allowed to leave their council area until July 30.
The only exception for residents from those areas is for those working in health and emergency services.
Only critical retail such as supermarkets and pharmacies will be allowed to remain open from Sunday. Other retailers will have to do click and collect or takeaway, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said.