Sydney, Australia is on lockdown, no one allowed to leave city without permit

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Greater Sydney residents will need a permit to leave the region, under a swathe of new rules to tighten the state's lockdown laws. The new rules were agreed upon during a crisis meeting of the NSW Cabinet on Friday afternoon, and also include a restriction on people using their holiday homes.

Under that rule, people from Greater Sydney are not allowed to travel to their second homes, except under special circumstances, such as maintenance, and only one person will be able to attend. From Monday, anyone who needs to isolate while awaiting COVID-19 test results will receive a special $320 payment.

The Victorian government introduced a similar $450 payment during its second-wave lockdown last year to discourage people from working while waiting on test results.

Tightened restrictions now also apply to people in Greater Sydney's 12 local government areas of concern (Bayside, Blacktown, Burwood, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool, Parramatta, Strathfield, and parts of Penrith).

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-13/lockdown-laws-tightened-after-nsw-crisis-cabinet-meeting/100376786

[in2herbs]

1. Too bad they're not as intense about addressing climate change as they are with COVID. nt

[bullwinkle428]

2. When people in the U.S. scream about "lockdowns", they have absolutely

no idea what genuine lockdowns are like, when you look at what Australia, New Zealand, and some European countries did for a little while last year, and clearly Australia decided it was time to return to it.

[WHITT]

3. Notice

This was because of ONE case of covid. I assume they've discovered or will discover a few more during contact tracing.

But it will be a tiny handful for the entire country, compared to the U.S. having what, 140,000 cases yesterday?