Tag: NSW

NSW Aims for Full Tourism Rebound by 2024

More major events and tourism drawcards will call NSW home under a government strategy to transform the state into the largest tourism hotspot in the Asia-Pacific. The strategy is a bid to repair the industry, battered by the coronavirus pandemic and projected to operate below pre-pandemic levels until 2024. It plans to grow the state’s…


NSW Reports Six New locally acquired Covid-19 Cases

As NSW records six locally acquired cases of COVID-19 Premier Gladys Berejiklian is urging Victoria to reopen its border with the state. Five of the six cases were household contacts of the western Sydney man reported on January 16 while investigations continue into the source of his infection. NSW Health believes it is likely to…


NSW Issues Virus Alert for Brisbane Hotel

NSW has issued an alert for anyone who has been at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Brisbane, fearing a highly contagious strain of COVID-19 may have spread across the border. The quarantine hotel is linked to six cases of the UK variant of COVID-19 and has been closed by the Queensland government for deep cleaning….


‘Elimination’ Not Borne out by Facts: NSW Premier

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says West Australian counterpart Mark McGowan should reacquaint himself with National Cabinet’s COVID-19 suppression strategy after accusing her state of being out of step. NSW recorded five locally-acquired coronavirus cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on January 11 from fewer than 14,700 tests. Two were reported on Monday – a…


NSW Records Four New Locally Acquired COVID-19 Cases

NSW has recorded four new locally acquired coronavirus cases. One, a man in his 30s from western Sydney, is still under investigation. “He has no direct links to the Berala BWS or the Berala cluster and so we are being very cautious about finding any of those missing chains of transmission,” NSW Chief Health Officer…


RSL, Temple Among New Sydney Venue Virus Alerts

A teenager’s summer camping trip has put several regional NSW communities on high alert after he tested positive for the coronavirus. The 18-year-old visited the Berala BWS bottle shop in western Sydney, now the centre of a 15-strong COVID-19 cluster, on Christmas Eve. He then travelled with friends to the regional NSW towns of Orange,…


Two Children Dead in NSW Hit and Run

Two children are dead and three people injured after a hit and run near Dubbo. Emergency services were called to Warne Street in Wellington abut 4:30pm on Tuesday after reports five people were hit by a car at high speed. NSW Police told AAP two children have been pronounced dead, while another has been airlifted…


Berala Virus Lockdown in NSW Not Ruled Out

Sydneysiders who flout new mandatory mask rules from Jan 4 risk a $200 fine as the public health order comes into effect. But Health Minister Brad Hazzard has asked NSW police to exercise discretion in handing out fines to those who ignore the new rules. Masks are mandatory in shopping centres, on public transport, in…


NSW Reports 18 Virus Cases and Second Cluster

New Years Eve restrictions in Sydney have been tightened after NSW reported 18 cases of community transmission of coronavirus and a second cluster of the deadly disease in the inner west. The so-called Avalon cluster on Sydney’s northern beaches, which erupted earlier this month, generated another nine case in the 24 hours to 8pm on…


Seven New Local Covid-19 Cases in NSW

NSW has recorded seven new COVID-19 cases from 23,933 tests. All were recorded in the 24 hours to 8pm on Saturday and are linked to the northern beaches, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on December 27. Six are confirmed as part of the Avalon cluster, bringing the number of cases in the outbreak to around 122….