Sydney news: COVID-19 close contact laws tipped to change in New South Wales MORNING BRIEFING: The NSW government is set to announce its decision on changes to close contact rules this morning. ABC News · Apr 19, 2022
Sydney news: Health Services Union members to walk off job in hospitals today MORNING BRIEFING: Patients are being warned to expect delays, with staff planning to hold stop-work meetings for up to four hours outside hospitals. ABC News · Apr 6, 2022
NSW health minister has COVID-19 NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard is isolating after testing positive for COVID-19, as the state hits more than 24,000 cases. AAP · Apr 6, 2022
The Loop: Elon Musk's big stake in Twitter, interest rates hold for now, and Scott Morrison's court win Here's your TL;DR for today's news. ABC News · Apr 5, 2022
Doctors believe thousands of new COVID-19 cases each day are going unreported in NSW Public health officials in NSW believe thousands of people who test positive at home are not bothering to report it online, making it hard for doctors to keep track of the disease. ABC News · Apr 5, 2022
With numbers falling, the NSW government needs all the support it can get Analysis: Dominic Perrottet looks to the crossbench to help his minority government The Guardian - AU · Mar 25, 2022
Sydney news: Man suspends himself from pole in South Sydney protest MORNING BRIEFING: A man has suspended himself from a pole as part of a larger protest causing major traffic delays this morning at Port Botany, in Sydney's south. ABC News · Mar 21, 2022
Calls for JobKeeper for NSW flood victims Unions are urging the federal government to reintroduce JobKeeper for flood-hit parts of NSW. AAP · Mar 15, 2022
Avoid ocean or risk diarrhoea: Hazzard It is not wise to go swimming after a one-in-100 year flood event, as waters are likely filled with bacteria, parasites and worse. AAP · Mar 15, 2022
Pressure mounts on federal government to cut fuel excise – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Mar 13, 2022
Paramedic left to run NSW town hospital Leaving an emergency paramedic to run a hospital during a COVID-19 outbreak was not a "perfect" decision, the NSW Health Secretary has acknowledged. AAP · Mar 10, 2022
NSW Covid cases could double within six weeks due to Omicron BA.2 subvariant Health minister Brad Hazzard says modelling shows state will see a sharp rise and urges more people to get their booster The Guardian - AU · Mar 10, 2022
Brad Hazzard says NSW COVID-19 figures could double as Omicron sub-variant BA.2 emerges Brad Hazzard says new data shows the BA.2 sub-variant is becoming the dominant Omicron offshoot, and COVID-19 cases could "more than double" in weeks. ABC News · Mar 10, 2022
NSW Health staff sent north to flood zone Health Minister Brad Hazzard says there are growing reports of gastroenteritis in the flood ravaged communities on the NSW north coast. AAP · Mar 9, 2022
AAP · Feb 11, 2022 NSW reports 8183 COVID-19 cases, 32 deaths A total of 8183 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and 32 deaths have been reported in NSW.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 11, 2022 NSW decision to lift Covid restrictions linked to hundreds of aged care deaths Not-for-profit aged care boss says his warnings were ignored by Dominic Perrottet’s government and cases ‘skyrocketed’ as a result
The Guardian - AU · Feb 3, 2022 NSW backtracks on making vaccine boosters mandatory for health workers Exclusive: Decision puts state at odds with counterparts in Victoria and South Australia who have already mandated a third jab
ABC News · Feb 3, 2022 More than 900,000 people over 16 in Australia haven't received a single vaccine dose, but anti-vaxxers are just a small portion of them Vocal "anti-vaxxers" and conspiracy theorists don't make up the majority of 900,000 Australians yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
ABC News · Jan 31, 2022 NSW records 30 COVID-19 deaths, non-urgent elective surgery to resume With hospital admissions stabilising, the NSW government says it can resume non-urgent elective surgeries which have been suspended for just under a month due to the Omicron wave.
ABC News · Jan 27, 2022 NSW records 70 COVID-19 deaths as new modelling suggests decline in hospital admissions next week The NSW Premier says the state is tracking "within capacity", according to the latest COVID-19 modelling, as the state adds 35 historic fatalities to the total death toll.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2022 At least 98 deaths on nation’s deadliest day – as it happened This blog is now closed
ABC News · Jan 26, 2022 NSW records 29 COVID deaths, push for booster uptake intensifies The NSW Health Minister says the number of people getting a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot isn't good enough as hundreds of thousands of appointments go to waste.
ABC News · Jan 21, 2022 Brad Hazzard promises Eurobodalla Hospital will open as a level four facility As by-election campaigns ramp up, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has assured Eurobodalla residents that the region's new hospital will be a level four facility.
Pedestrian.tv · Jan 18, 2022 A Positive RAT Was Entered In Brad Hazzard’s Name So He Set The Fkn Cybercrime Squad On ‘Em Someone’s been messing with the Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) reporting system by putting in a positive result under the NSW Health Minister’s name, and it’s causing a whole shitstorm. Folks, I’m starting to think this whole system of self-reporting without verification is a little broken. Just a little. Maybe. During…
ABC News · Jan 18, 2022 The Loop: Pharmacy Guild launching RAT site, Brad Hazzard calls out 'moronic' COVID-19 test fraud, Victoria calls Code Brown Catch up with The Loop, a quick wrap-up of today's news.