Premier reveals new roadmap for 80 per cent double dose vaccinations
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has revealed the roadmap for the state’s 80 percent double dose vaccination target.
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Children and families welcome Labor councillor’s challenge to scrapping of 9pm NYE fireworks
Young families have welcomed City of Sydney Councillor Linda Scott’s call for a debate over the cancellation of Sydney’s 9pm New Year’s Eve fireworks.
Hair and beauty industry calls for five client cap to be discarded ahead of state reopening
The hair and beauty industry has called upon the NSW Government to discard certain Covid-19 rules such as ‘five client’ cap for personal services as the state prepares to reopen.
Common Ground residents demand compensation for harsh lockdown
Residents of the Common Ground housing estate in Camperdown are demanding compensation for their treatment during a 14-day hard lockdown.
Catholic Health Australia pleads with govt for disability support worker vaccinations
As NSW reaches the goal of 80 per cent for first dose Covid-19 vaccinations, Catholic Health Australia calls on the Commonwealth to mandate vaccinations for disability support workers.
Life with Covid-19: essential worker speaks out
Despite the NSW Government’s admission that essential workplaces are key sites of Covid-19 transmission, it has done little to address workers’ concerns, reports Isaac Nellist.
Student nurses are stepping up to give Australians Covid-19 vaccines
University students from medical fields are stepping up to help out in our massive vaccine rollout, reports Tileah Dobson.
Social housing residents call for support after estate locked down
Residents of a social and affordable housing estate in Camperdown are calling for respect and support after their complex was placed into hard lockdown.
Covid-19 testing nurse slams lack of health staff
Eighteen months since the first local cases of Covid-19, frontline health workers say the NSW health system is “on the brink”.
Covid-19: “urgent action” needed to support Wilcannia’s Indigenous community
The deteriorating Covid-19 situation in Wilcannia requires urgent action from both the state and federal governments, the Australian Association of Social Workers has warned.
Sydney Coles workers ‘force management to act on Covid-19 threat’
Workers at a Coles distribution warehouse in Sydney have alleged managers put profits above their health and safety, failing to take appropriate Covid-safe measures.
‘Worse to come’ warning after state’s highest daily Covid tally
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has warned that worse is to come after announcing a new 24-hour record of locally acquired Covid-19 cases.
Pfizer jab now open to those aged 16-39 in 12 Sydney LGAs
Bookings for the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine are now open to people aged 16-39 across a large swathe of Sydney.
A queer writers’ festival at last
The inaugural EnQueer – Sydney Queer Writers’ Festival will provide a much needed space for the queer literati.
Two months into lockdown, Sydney’s essential workers still face Covid risk at work
Despite the NSW Government acknowledging essential workplaces as critical sites for Covid-19 transmission, workers say little has been done to protect them.