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The entire construction industry will be closed, essential businesses have been defined for the first time, meaning hundreds of others will have to close, and the residents of three local government areas in Sydney’s south-west will be unable to leave unless they are health or emergency services workers. A man in his 80s from south-western Sydney has died, the second death of the outbreak, while 75 people remain in hospital, 18 in intensive care, six requiring a ventilator. “We want to make sure we have a no regrets policy,” Berejiklian said. “We want to make sure we get o...

A public health alert has been issued after a large number of new sites across Sydney were exposed to coronavirus - along with a busy truck stop in northern NSW. The Ampol service station truck stop at Chinderah is just minutes from the Queensland border and southern Gold Coast.  Among the new locations listed in Sydney by NSW Health on Saturday evening are a butcher shop in Lakemba - the centre of Sydney south-west which is of particular concern to health officials.  Other venues of concern include a number of food outlets in Dulwich Hill visited by confirmed Covid cases last Thursday. 

Share Share on Twitter When Nick Abraham got an unexpected phone call from his mum on Saturday morning, he ignored it. But the builder's inbox was soon inundated with messages and emails about the looming shutdown of construction in Greater Sydney from Monday until 30 July. READ MORE Just over two hours after the announcement by the Premier, he was back on-site with a small crew of employees and subcontractors, wrestling with a tarp in windy conditions to seal up a home renovation on the city’s North Shore. "It's been a scramble, just trying to figure out...

One in five businesses say they can't survive another month of Sydney lockdown The uncertainty of the length of the latest lockdown is creating new problems With less government support, the current shutdown is having a bigger impact Four lockdowns have crippled Melbourne's world famous city life culture  Now business leaders fear a similar fate awaits Sydney if lockdown is extended 

More than 40 per cent of NSW firms say skill shortages are taking a toll on their business as economic disruptions caused by the pandemic-induced slump in overseas migration become increasingly apparent.