Increased fines of up to $5,000 for COVID breaches, $320 COVID-19 Test and Isolate Support Payments, permits to enter regional NSW and a heightened police presence will be introduced, as NSW continues to battle the Delta variant. In addition, in Greater Sydney and other lockdown areas, the 10 kilometre rule will be reduced from 12.01am […]
More than 150 multicultural community organisations will share in almost $750,000 in emergency funding for grassroots projects to support vulnerable members of the community impacted by the current COVID-19 outbreak. Minister for Multiculturalism Natalie Ward said the Stronger Together Grants Program supports urgent relief projects by providing assistance for food, transport, mental health support and […]
Construction will resume in Greater Sydney including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour this week with new COVID protocols to be introduced to keep workers and worksites safe. Construction will resume on Saturday, 31 July, with safety measures such as controls on movements between sites, reduced contact between workers within sites, improved tracing […]
Enhanced police powers and tighter new rules will spearhead the enforcement response launched against the few people who refuse to do the right thing during a global pandemic. A new high-visibility policing operation has been launched to assist the state’s health strategy to tackle the further spread of the COVID-19 Delta strain. Thousands of police […]
The joint NSW Government and Commonwealth JobSaver program will besignificantly boosted to give greater support to businesses and individuals impactedby the extended lockdown. JobSaver payments will now be available to businesses with an annual turnover ofbetween $75,000 and $250 million, up from $50 million, which have experienced arevenue decline of 30 per cent or more. […]
From tomorrow, eligible NSW businesses, sole traders and not-for-profit organisations will be able to apply for up to $15,000 from the first of the NSW Government’s economic support packages: The 2021 COVID-19 Business Support Grant. Applications for the second tranche of assistance, which includes the Micro Business Support Grants and the JobSaver program, will open […]
Support is available from Services Australia in Greater Sydney and surrounding NSW, with claims for COVID-19 disaster payments opening tomorrow (Sunday 18 July).These payments will support everyone impacted by today’s further restrictions, particularly the retail and construction industries. Eligible people will be able to get $600 per week if they have lost 20 or more […]
The following changes come into effect across Greater Sydney including the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour until 11.59pm on Friday, 30 July: From 11.59pm on Saturday, 17 July: Retail premises will be required to close (‘click and collect’, takeaway and home delivery can still operate), except the following can remain open: Supermarkets and […]
Sydney, Australia’s most populous city, entered the 20th day of the ongoing strict lockdown on Thursday imposed amid the country’s largest Covid-19 outbreak of this year. On Thursday, New South Wales (NSW) state, of which Sydney is the capital, reported 65 new local Covid-19 cases, of which 28 were transmitted within the community, Xinhua news […]
The NSW Government will enhance its contribution to the Federal Government’s vaccine rollout to ensure maximum uptake both now, and as more supplies arrive. Teachers and aged care workers in the Fairfield, Canterbury Bankstown and Liverpool local government areas where there is greater concern of COVID-19 transmission, vaccine with be given on priority. A vaccine […]