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 Disclaimer: This is not legal advice and no warrant is made as to its accuracy. As best as I can understand the draft health order provides the following for unvaccinated people in NSW as from Monday 11 October 2021. Firstly, there is no stay at home order for unvaccinated people. Instead, there are restrictions on where an unvaccinated person may go once they leave home. Unvaccinated people cannot: Visit another residence or allow anyone to visit their residence: s 2.4 - exceptions are provided for in s 2.6 attend outdoor public gatherings: s 2.12 be in a vehicle or vessel with anyone other than members of their own household: s 2.14 - exceptions are provided for in s 2.14(3) including vessels used to carry out work, provide a public transport service and for compassionate reasons. attend premises closed to unvaccinated people: s 2.18 including higher risk premises;  business premises that are hairdressers, spas, nail salons, beauty salons, waxing salons, tanning salons, ta...

NSW PREMIER PRESS CONFERENCE - 7 OCTOBER 2021 Premier: NSW Premier begins by thanking the health staff involved in vaccinating NSW. NSW reached 70% double-dose vaccination rate yesterday. There are some amendments to the roadmap. From Monday, the 70% mark, indoor swimming pools will be open and home visitation doubled, outdoor gatherings increased, lifting the cap from 50 to 100 for weddings and funerals. School timetable, the three-tiered system will be brought forward to a two-staged return completed by 25 October.  At the 80% mark, the mask-wearing requirement in the office will be removed. The 5,000 cap remains but venues can apply for higher caps which can be granted. Outdoor gatherings and home visitations will have higher caps. Deputy Premier: He thanks people for being vaccinated and thanks to the rural health workers for assisting the rural vaccination rate. This is a roadmap for 'everyone'. Regional workers can return to work with 1 dose with a grace period until 1 No...

COVID NSW has hit its 70% double-dose vaccine target leading to the next stage of the roadmap being implemented on Monday, 11 October 2021. Mandatory vaccinations continue to be an issue of concern with multiple court cases in multiple states. Despite the 1 December 2021 date in NSW for unvaccinated to be reintegrated into society and the ACT roadmap not including vaccine-based segregation, mandatory vaccination in certain circumstances continues to move forward. Police, health workers, teachers, Rural Fire Service staff, and others all require mandatory vaccine by set dates to enter the workplace. There seems to be approximately 10% of employees refusing to get the vaccine even in the face of the prospect of losing their job.  In NSW new unions are being created to support those workers who choose not to be vaccinated. The workers who choose not to be vaccinated feel like their unions have abandoned them and so have created their own unions. Concerns have been raised about the QR ...

NSW Politics The Liberal Party has elected Dominic Perrottet as the new leader with Stuart Ayres as his deputy. Perrottet has foreshadowed some changes to the health orders, but has refused to be drawn on any specifics until after he has met with the health team and the Health Minister. COVID Victoria has recorded 1763 cases, reportedly the highest of any Australian jurisdiction. This seems to clearly demonstrate that Andrews', the Victorian Premier's, criticism of the NSW government for not locking down early and hard were misplaced. Given that hard and fast lockdowns do not work with the Delta variant, surely there needs to be a reanalysis of the risk profile as to what effect and benefit any health orders may have. NSW is currently scheduled to 're-open' to vaccinated people on Monday 11 October. Draft health orders have been released for that date. Suprisingly, they do not impose a stay at home order on unvaccinated people. Instead, they restrict unvaccinated people...

NSW Politics The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) will hold further public inquiries into what is codenamed ' Operation Keppel '. In particular, ICAC is inquiring into whether the NSW Premier: Engaged in a breach of trust through a conflict of interest, being the relationship with former MP Daryl Maguire regarding grants for the Australian Clay Target Association and the Riverina Conservatorium of Music. Failed to report suspected corrupt conduct, being concerns relating to Daryl Maguire, to ICAC as required. Either allowed or encouraged corrupt conduct by Maguire. Consequently, the NSW Premier has resigned both as Premier and as the member for Willoughby. Those resignations do not take effect immediately. This article makes no assertions or assumptions regarding whether there has been corrupt conduct by either the Premier or Mr Maquire. The Premier's resignation upon notice by ICAC of a public inquiry, preliminary to any finding, has again raised issues...