Victor Dominello
NSW venues warned to comply with COVID-safe rules or risk being shut down
The government has shut down four businesses since the start of the pandemic and 320 penalty notices have been issued, the Customer Service Minister says.
- by Tom Rabe
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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
Ministers set to clash over plan to slash housing target by 40 per cent
NSW government minister Victor Dominello has thrown his support behind a council in his electorate that voted to dramatically slash housing targets, opening the door for a policy rift with Minister for Planning Rob Stokes.
- by Angus Thompson
NSW government's $100 'Dine & Discover' voucher program delayed until 2021
The NSW government's $100 "Dine & Discover" voucher scheme designed to stimulate the pandemic-ravaged state economy has been delayed by a month and will begin mid-January.
- by Esther Han
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Healthcare
'New opportunities': Ryde Hospital proposed to move to Macquarie University campus
Macquarie University has offered to provide land free of cost for the development of a new public hospital, to replace the existing Eastwood facility.
- by Mary Ward
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Cyber protection
How paper created a vulnerability for cyber criminals to steal 186,000 people's data
Passports, banking and Medicare details were potentially exposed in photocopied and scanned paper documents stored inside the email accounts of 47 Service NSW employees.
- by Lucy Cormack
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Coronavirus pandemic
The Sydney businesses and areas hit with most COVID fines
Restaurants and cafes got slapped with two in every three fines for breaking COVID-19 rules since July, and some areas copped dozens of fines while others have seen none.
- by Nigel Gladstone
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Coronavirus pandemic
'Summer's first line of defence': new rules, fines for cafes, restaurants, bars and pubs
The NSW government is preparing to mandate that all hospitality venues have QR customer check-in codes or be hit with a $1000 fine.
- by Alexandra Smith and Tom Rabe
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Poker machines
Tougher enforcement needed to stop harmful gambling
Clubs and pubs must take legal responsibility for stopping problem gamblers entering their premises.
- The Herald's View
'A good NSW red wine in the sun': Sydney's al fresco revolution to begin
More than a dozen pubs, cafes and restaurants will take advantage of new regulations beginning in The Rocks from October 16.
- by Angus Thompson
Push for cashless poker machines in NSW catches clubs by surprise
The move to cashless poker machines requiring a government-issued gambling card would be the most significant gaming reforms in the state's history.
- by Megan Gorrey and Alexandra Smith