Premier Gladys Berejiklian s claim about harshest lockdowns proven incorrect
The NSW leader claimed Sydney was in Australia s harshest lockdown to date
Victoria had harder rules in place during 112-day lockdown last year
Health experts say restrictions in place not enough to deal with Delta variant
NSW recorded 170 cases of the Delta Covid-19 strain on Friday morning We have harsher restrictions in place than any other state has ever had, she said
That claim was rubbished online given Victorian, South Australian experiences
Premier Gladys Berejiklian s claims about harsh rules, vaccinations, called out
NSW recorded 239 cases of the Indian Delta Covid-19 strain on Thursday
It s a pandemic record for greater Sydney and includes 70 cases in community We have harsher restrictions in place than any other state has ever had, she said
That claim was rubbished online given Victorian, South Australian experiences
By most metrics, the pandemic is going in the wrong direction for NSW
However, the state has recorded a massive surge in vaccinations
Some 79,319 jabs were put in NSW residents arms on Wednesday: officials
NSW also hit a grim milestone, recording 239 cases of Covid
About two-thirds of the state s Covid patients are under the age of 40
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A few days and one Sydney outbreak ago, I was in Canberra with our political reporter Kishor Napier-Raman. With the parliamentary winter recess coming there was a palpable sense of relief in government circles that things were going OK not spectacular, but OK.
How quickly things change. Barnaby blows up the Nationals and unsettles the Coalition; the Australian National Audit Office exposes a rort of eye-watering proportions; and the prime minister starts to appear very vulnerable on the vaccine rollout and quarantine issues.
Crikey has been highlighting this latter point for months now, and this past week the PM’s state allies and the news media have caught on: the PM is getting lost in his own spin.