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Dancing permitted outdoors, dancing indoors not permitted (except at weddings).
No singing indoors (except for performers).
Drinking indoors must be seated, but drinking outdoors may be seated or standing.
10-visitor limit in your home
Indoor swimming pools open for lessons, training and rehab activities.
Gyms, indoor recreation and sporting facilities reopen with density limits and up to 20 people in classes.
Masks and QR codes
Masks required for all staff and customers in all indoor settings including on public transport, planes and in airports (except children under the age of 12).
Masks no longer required in outdoor settings (except for front-of-house hospitality staff).
COVID Safe check-ins and proof of vaccination required for staff and customers.
Visiting family and friends
Up to 10 visitors allowed in your home at any one time (visitor limits don’t apply for children under the age of 12).
Small outdoor gatherings and recreation permitted with up to 30 people (2-person limit for people who are not fully vaccinated).
Visitors to residents in aged care facilities and disability homes permitted in line with their policies.
Schools
Schools reopen with Level 3 COVID-19 safety measures
Exercise and recreation
Gyms, indoor recreation and sporting facilities reopen with density limits and up to 20 people in classes.
No distance limits apply for exercise or recreation.
Indoor swimming pools open for lessons, training and rehab activities.
Community sports not permitted.
Shopping and personal services
Non-critical retail reopens with density limits (people who are not fully vaccinated can only access non-critical retail via Click & Collect).
Personal services (including hairdressers, spas, beauty and nail salons, tattoo and massage parlours) reopen with density limits for up to 5 clients.
Restaurants and hospitality
Hospitality reopens with density limit for up to 20 people per booking (takeaway only for people who are not fully vaccinated).
No singing indoors (except for performers).
Drinking indoors must be seated, but drinking outdoors may be seated or standing.
Dancing permitted outdoors, dancing indoors not permitted (except at weddings).
Working from home
Employers allow staff to continue to work from home, if reasonably practicable.
Employers require staff who are not fully vaccinated to work from home, if reasonably practicable.
Events and entertainment
Major recreation facilities (including stadiums, theme parks, and race courses) reopen with density limits for up to 5000 people, or by exemption.
Entertainment facilities (including cinemas and theatres) reopen with the greater of the density limit or 75% fixed seated capacity.
Information and education facilities (including art galleries, museums and libraries) reopen with density limits.
Ticketed and seated outdoor public gatherings permitted for up to 500 people with density limit.
Amusement centres and nightclubs remain closed.
Weddings and religious services
Weddings ceremonies permitted with density limit for up to 100 people (5-person limit for people who are not fully vaccinated).
Wedding receptions permitted with density limit for up to 100 people (not permitted for people who are not fully vaccinated), eating and drinking must be seated, and dancing is permitted.
Funerals permitted with density limit for up to 100 people (10-person limit for people who are not fully vaccinated) and eating and drinking must be seated.
Places of worship reopen with density limit.
Up to 10 fully vaccinated singers may perform in places of worship and at religious services.
Travel and transport
Restricted travel within LGAs and 5km radius removed.
Travel for holidays and recreational visits including day trips between Greater Sydney (including Central Coast, Wollongong, Shellharbour and Blue Mountains) and regional NSW not permitted.
Travel holidays between regional local government areas are permitted.
Carpooling permitted (members of your household only for people who are not fully vaccinated).
Caravan parks and camping grounds reopen (including for people who are not fully vaccinated).
About the roadmap
The roadmap is subject to further fine-tuning and health advice if circumstances change drastically or cases remain too high.
COVID-Safe check-ins and proof of vaccination required for staff and customers in most settings.
Density limits of 1 person per 4sqm for indoor areas and person per 2sqm for outdoor areas apply to some activities listed above.
originally posted by: dandandat2 What will future generations think when they look back on these times?
originally posted by: myselfaswell
a reply to: DBCowboy
what do we do?
I've been told they're building some really nice holiday accommodation for us, apparently the showers are going to be awesome.
originally posted by: Jamie2018
a reply to: DBCowboy
You stay in your cage, medical exemptions are almost impossible to get.
It's a horror show over here, if your parents are sick and dying in another state, and you are from NSW or Victoria, well it's Goodbye Farewell Amen, you won't see them again.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: Jamie2018
a reply to: DBCowboy
You stay in your cage, medical exemptions are almost impossible to get.
It's a horror show over here, if your parents are sick and dying in another state, and you are from NSW or Victoria, well it's Goodbye Farewell Amen, you won't see them again.
That's nuts. Just crazy!!!
I have a legit medical exemption, signed off by a doctor.
Moe Haidar, 29, and his wife Sarah Haidar, 27, are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and returned to Australia last month from Qatar, where they had been living and working.
On May 29, Ms Haidar asked for an exemption to go to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) for her 30-week pregnancy check-up, during which scans revealed complications.
She underwent an emergency caesarean section, giving birth to her son Ilyas on June 1.
But Mr Haidar said they had been separated from their baby in an isolation room since his birth and had only seen him via a video phone call.
"She didn't have seconds with him, not even a glimpse and she didn't know what he looked like, they just took him."
He said they had appealed to Health Minister Yvette D'Ath and Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young to grant them a quarantine exemption so they could see their son.
"It is just heartbreaking. You start questioning why things happened the way they did. It's really just deep anger at this point. And I'm just trying to compose myself," he said.
Mr Haidar said RBWH had enacted a plan that would allow the couple to see their baby safely, but they were still not granted exemption. Link
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: Jamie2018
Ummm, what do folks like me, who can't physically take the vaccine, ummm. . . . what do we do?
Have your say on Australia's Digital Identity legislation
Consultation on Phase 3 of Australia’s Digital Identity legislation is open until Wednesday 27 October 2021
On 1 October 2021, the Hon. Stuart Robert MP, Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business released the exposure draft of the Trusted Digital Identity Bill and related legislative instruments for public consultation.
We have conducted extensive consultation – including two completed rounds of public consultation – to understand public expectations for the legislation. Thank you to everyone who has provided feedback on the proposed legislation to date.
The purposes of the legislation are to:
enable the expansion of the Australian Government Digital Identity System, specifically to enable greater participation by state and territory governments and the private sector
enshrine in law various privacy and consumer protections, so that Australians can have confidence in the System and know that their personal information is safe and secure
establish permanent governance arrangements and a strong regulatory regime.