NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller will also ask the Australian Defence Force for an extra 500 troops while the government is in talks with the hospitality industry to allow pubs and bars to reopen as early as September.
Gladys Berejiklian has has laid out when the state s gruelling Covid lockdowns might end, as another regional NSW town recorded a worrying new Covid case.
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