Gladys Berejiklian
'Heartbreaking': Premier sympathises with couples over wedding plan changes
Planning a wedding can be a series of last-minute changes and disappointments for couples during the coronavirus pandemic.
- by Anna Patty
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Phone app could be passport when vaccine starts in mid-February
Premier Gladys Berejiklian believes, rather than punishing people for not being vaccinated, there would be "positive ways" the government could encourage uptake.
- by Mary Ward and Chip Le Grand
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Biodiversity
National parks get $400 million boost to help recover from Black Summer bushfires
Helicopters, which were being used a year ago to drop remote-area firefighters during the height of the blaze, are now being used to winch in 600-kilogram loads of sandstone steps to rebuild damaged bushwalks
- by Peter Hannam
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Coronavirus pandemic
Minister slams 'inconsistent' Victorian rules that let in tennis players but not Sydneysiders
Transport Minister Andrew Constance said the Victorian government’s decision to push ahead with the Australian Open highlighted inconsistencies with their border restrictions, which were hampering business and freight, as well as separating families.
- by Tom Rabe, Mary Ward and Patrick Hatch
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Coronavirus pandemic
No new COVID-19 cases in NSW as residents who stayed at Brisbane hotel located
Ten people who were quarantined at a Brisbane hotel before returning home to NSW are in isolation, as the state records no new local coronavirus cases.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Mary Ward
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
A nation divided: Border problems bring home our states of disarray
The states have claimed to be acting on their medical advice, but have been mostly driven by their perceived short-term political advantage.
- by John Hewson
NSW residents stayed at hotel linked to dangerous new COVID-19 strain
NSW Health is urgently tracing residents who stayed at a Brisbane hotel that is being evacuated by the Queensland government after six cases of a highly contagious strain of coronavirus were traced back to the site.
- by Mary Ward
Sydney facing weeks of closed borders with Victoria as unknown cases grow
Sydneysiders will be waiting weeks for the Victorian border to reopen if NSW's southern neighbours adopt the same approach applied to them of wanting no new COVID-19 cases for 14 days - or one virus reproduction cycle.
- by Mary Ward
Five new local cases in NSW as Premier pleads for higher testing rate
NSW has recorded five cases of community transmission, including an additional two cases detected in the northern beaches, and one case is linked to the Berala cluster.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Mary Ward
Sydneysiders in dark over interstate travel as city records more cases
Under a new "traffic light" system to enter Victoria, there is no indication when people from Greater Sydney will be able to travel south of the border.
- by Mary Ward
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Coronavirus pandemic
Victoria introduces traffic light system for interstate travel
Premier Daniel Andrews has announced the introduction of a "traffic light" system that will be used to categorise the COVID-19 risk of each state and territory.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey and Rachael Dexter