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Western Sydney crackdown necessary, not discriminatory: NSW deputy commissioner
By Broede Carmody
The deputy commissioner of NSW Police, Mal Lanyon, was speaking on the Today show just moments ago.
He was asked whether the police crackdown in western Sydney was necessary given an operation of the same size and scope was not conducted in the wealthier eastern suburbs when the virus was limited to that area. Here’s his response:
NSW Deputy Commissioner Mal Lanyon.Credit:Brook Mitchell
“Yes, it is [necessary]. We’re at a certain stage now that we need to ensure that the spread of coronavirus does not go further than it has. Clearly health have given advice indicating that the south-western suburbs of Sydney are areas of significant concern at the moment.
“We’ve had a very visible presence right across Sydney since the health orders came into place and the lockdown of Sydney took place approximately two weeks ago.
“We have taken a very balanced, very fair and very measured approach to the way that we’ve enforced these health orders and that will continue through this operation.
“This is not about discrimination. This is not about racism. This is about enforcing the health order and we will do that fairly and we will do that in a balanced way.”
Retail outlets among Sydney’s newest exposure sites despite lockdown
By Broede Carmody
A number of retail outlets are among Sydney’s newest exposure sites despite the city being in lockdown.
A Kathmandu store, Beds R Us outlet and Kmart in the city’s western suburbs have all been listed as areas of concern overnight.
Anyone who visited the following venues at the listed times is considered a close contact and must immediately get tested, isolate for 14 days regardless of the result and touch base with state health authorities unless already contacted:
- Kathmandu Burwood on Sunday, July 4 between 12.35pm and 1pm;
- Beds R Us Wetherill Park on Monday, July 5 between 2.30pm and 3.15pm; and
- Kmart Merrylands on Monday, July 5 between 1.30pm and 3.30pm.
Flight Centre boss backs Queensland Premier’s Tokyo trip
By Matt Dennien
Flight Centre boss and outspoken travel ban critic, Graham Turner, has backed the Queensland Premier’s upcoming Tokyo trip despite her recent moves to further cap international arrivals and a growing online petition.
The decision to halve the number of plane seats available into the country, made by national cabinet, was a separate matter and a non-appearance from Annastacia Palaszczuk could be detrimental to Queensland should it not secure the 2032 Olympics, Mr Turner said.
Flight Centre co-founder and chief executive Graham Turner.Credit:Attila Csaszar
More than 80,000 people have signed an online petition calling for Ms Palaszczuk to be denied an exemption to leave the country.
Senior NSW ministers consider letting Delta circulate in community
By Alexandra Smith, Lucy Carroll and Mary Ward
In case you missed it, the NSW government is facing its most difficult decision of the pandemic with senior ministers cautiously canvassing abandoning a zero local transmission strategy and accepting the Delta strain of COVID-19 will circulate in the community.
Three senior ministers, who would not speak publicly due to cabinet confidentiality, have acknowledged the state has reached a “fork in the road” where it must choose between a lockdown to eliminate COVID or living with the virus.
A man is tested in Fairfield in Sydney’s west on Thursday after he was informed he was a close contact of a COVID-19 case. Credit: Kate Geraghty
The discussions will intensify in the coming days as NSW battles to contain the growing outbreak in south-west Sydney, which has much lower rates of vaccination in its elderly population than the rest of the state.
Read the full story here.
‘This isn’t a crime emergency, this is a medical emergency’: Western Sydney mayor
By Broede Carmody
As we mentioned earlier, additional police are set to descend on south-west Sydney this morning to enforce the city’s coronavirus restrictions.
The mayor of Fairfield, in Sydney’s west, was interviewed on Nine’s Today show just moments ago for his reaction to the crackdown.
Fairfield mayor Frank Carbone. Credit:Nine
Here’s what he had to say:
“I think people feel they have been mistreated. I think people don’t like it when people push their hand to push people down. People want a hand that lifts them up and I think there’s been a real poor narrative when it comes to this.
“I welcome more police but also welcome more doctors and pop-up clinics. This isn’t a crime emergency, this is a medical emergency. There should be more pop-up clinics, more testing places. I think that people should be treated with respect and I think it doesn’t happen out here in western Sydney.”
One in 10 NSW COVID patients in hospital as system plans for surge
By Lucy Carroll and Mary Ward
Sydney’s hospitals are standing by to mobilise COVID-19 surge plans in preparation for the possible influx of people needing urgent care, as the number of cases in ICU climbs.
More than 10 per cent of the state’s 395 cases are now in hospital, prompting the Australian Medical Association to warn that the system will be overwhelmed if NSW eases Greater Sydney’s lockdown before spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant is contained.
St Vincent’s Hospital is preparing its surge capacity in light of a possible jump in cases.Credit:Kate Geraghty
Read the full story here.
This morning’s headlines at a glance
By Broede Carmody
Good morning and thanks for reading our live coverage. It’s Friday, July 9. I’m Broede Carmody.
Here’s everything you need to know.
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