It’s never a good sign when you have to stress how aligned your team is. But that’s exactly what NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian had to do when explaining why tougher Covid-19 restrictions hadn’t been brought in sooner. For weeks Ms Berejiklian has talked about restrictions could be eased at the end of the month in area with low case numbers and high vaccination rates. But there was no mention of that on Friday when the Premier announced the lockdown for Greater Sydney would be extended until the end of September.
Masks will also be mandatory for anyone outdoors in NSW. When explaining the new restrictions, Ms Berejiklian was keen to stress “Team NSW” is united. “This is a very important point and I will ask the police commissioner and Dr (Kerry) Chant to verify that this is the list we received last night and I want to verify that with both, if they don’t mind, just to demonstrate how closely aligned team NSW is,” she said.
“We work together hours and hours every single day. I will not have anybody say otherwise.” But it was the issue of a curfew that shows the cracks in “Team NSW”.It was advice from NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller that made Ms Berejiklian finally impose a curfew from 9pm-5am in the “This is based on police feedback in the last few days on the type of activity that is unfortunately being carried out,” Ms Berejiklian said.
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