A coronavirus case who left isolation to buy dumbbells and three virus-infected removalists who travelled to regional NSW are among more than 150 people fined for breaching COVID rules in the past 24 hours.
Fresh vaccine supplies can't arrive soon enough as COVID-19 outbreaks in Sydney and Melbourne continue to grow and the NSW economy groans under the weight of $2 billion in closure losses per week.
With lockdowns causing massive cancellations, Canberra's award-winning Jamala Wildlife Lodge is offering locals dinner-only packages and special discounted stays for a limited time in a bid to keep their staff employed.
Victoria has joined NSW on a do not fly list from the New Zealand government. The growing Melbourne outbreak has prompted New Zealand to close the trans-Tasman bubble to Victoria for four days.
The NSW premier says the number of new local COVID-19 infections in the Sydney outbreak is stabilising but warned the numbers are likely to keep bouncing around.
