Category: Gladys Berejiklian

NSW Premier Pleased with Lack of Community Transmission, Despite No Virus Link Yet

The New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she’s “pleased” with the state of a COVID-19 community transmission outbreak in Sydney, but the link between an infected man and an ill international traveller remains unclear. Sydneysiders are again wearing masks on public transport, in supermarkets and during rideshare trips as health officials try to…


NSW Restrictions Return After Two Local CCP Virus Cases

New South Wales (NSW) will see restrictions return as the wife of the man who locally acquired the CCP virus yesterday also received a positive test result. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced that a range of restrictions will be enforced from 5 p.m. today till 12am Monday. It will only apply to people from the…


NSW Restrictions Return After 2 Local CCP Virus Cases

New South Wales (NSW) will see restrictions return as the wife of the man who locally acquired the CCP virus yesterday also received a positive test result. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced that a range of restrictions will be enforced from 5 p.m. today till 12am Monday. It will only apply to people from the…


Sydney Records One Locally-Acquired CCP Virus Case

New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Wednesday announced one new locally acquired case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus. The man,50s, is from Sydney’s inner eastern suburbs and Berejikilian noted that the individual was very active in his community while potentially infectious. She noted he was also very pedantic about…


New South Wales on Alert After Women from Queensland Test Positive for Virus

Health authorities in New South Wales (NSW) are on alert after two Queensland women infectious with the CCP virus visited several venues in Byron Bay, a tourist hotspot near the state’s northern border. This comes after Queensland imposed a snap three-day lockdown for the Greater Brisbane area on Monday after recording four locally-acquired cases of…


New South Wales Braces for More Floods, Lasting Damage

Major flooding along the Hawkesbury River in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) could displace residents and cause utility outages for months, authorities say. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) expects Monday to bring the worst flooding event to the area northwest of Sydney since November 1961, nearly 50 years ago. Floodwaters are expected…


Aussie Police Chief Defends Sex Consent App Idea

New South Wales (NSW) Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has spoken to the attorney-general and police minister about an app that couples could use to record consent for sex. Fuller has defended his idea of a phone app to establish and record mutual consent before having sex, arguing it could keep people out of a flawed…


Australia Has No Need for Internal Borders: NSW Premier

Gladys Berejiklian has urged state premiers to keep borders open to enable people make Easter holiday plans, while saying there’s no reason to suspend the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine. A number of European nations have suspended using the vaccine because of concerns that some recipients had developed blood clots. AstraZeneca has said there is no known link…


Tensions Between NSW, Queensland and the Federal Government Flare Over New Tourism Package

New South Wales (NSW) state ministers say they are being left behind in the newly announced federal tourism support package. The package, announced on March 10, is part of a $1.2 billion support package for the struggling Australian tourism industry and will subsidise half the cost of 800,000 airfare tickets for domestic travellers to 13…


Fast Track to Principal for NSW Teachers

Excellent teachers will be able to become principals in NSW within a decade under a new program to entice more people to the profession. Teachers who excel will be able to fast-track to the position of principal under a new program designed to lure the best and brightest into education. At least 30 excellent teachers…