NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian eases COVID-19 restrictions across Greater Sydney
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FebFebruary 2021 at 1:24am
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Singing and dancing will be allowed at gatherings after NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced a further easing of COVID-19 restrictions.
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Today marks the 38th consecutive day without any community transmissions in NSW
More than 3,200 people received the Pfizer vaccine in NSW since Monday
From 12:01am on Friday, NSW residents will be allowed up to 50 people at their home, up from 30 the total number of visitors includes adults and children.
Sydney news: Police Commissioner Mick Fuller eyes job with NRL, priest charged with sexual abuse
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Top cop considers NRL job
Mick Fuller is credited with cleaning up the NSW Police Force since taking on the top job.
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The NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has confirmed he is considering a position with the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) to help crack down on criminal behaviour among players.
Commissioner Fuller confirmed in a statement that he had discussed a vacant position on the Rugby League Commission board with ARLC Chairman Peter V landys.
Doctors battling fear and misinformation among patients as COVID-19 vaccine rolls into Western Sydney
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Eastbrooke Blacktown GPs need more time to prepare for the jab.
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Western Sydney doctors are fielding hundreds of phone calls from scared patients in the lead up to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, set to begin on Monday.
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One GP said patients felt there was a lack of information about the COVID-19 vaccine
Another said there s an increasing amount of calls about timing, which they couldn t answer yet
Australia s COVID-19 vaccination rollout begins Monday with the most vulnerable to get the jab first
Sydney news: NSW Opposition Leader Jodi McKay denies writing letter of support for paedophile
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NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay has requested the public record be clarified.
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Opposition Leader denies support
The NSW Opposition Leader has categorically denied writing a letter of support for a convicted paedophile.
Jodi McKay agreed the letter relating to the Tamil refugee, who reportedly served a jail sentence for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old Sydney girl, was signed by her in August 2018.
However she said it was incorrectly characterised in legal documents in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal as a letter of support .
NSW has changed its health advice so people returning from Victoria will not have to enter a five-day lockdown unless they arrive back after midnight Friday, following updated advice from chief health officer Kerry Chant.