Prime Minister Scott Morrison has welcomed NSW’s announcement that it will abolish quarantine for vaccinated international arrivals from November 1, while giving assurances to other states and territories. The Prime Minister backed the NSW Premier’s decision as a “positive step” on the national roadmap. “This is further demonstration [that] Australians getting vaccinated is enabling them […]

NSW Tourism Minister Stuart Ayres has acknowledged the “distress” today’s regional travel postponement has caused, but denies the government lied or attempted to ‘smother’ the announcement. Mr Ayres told Jim Wilson the decision was made to prevent “upwards of a million” unvaccinated Sydneysiders travelling to the regions where vaccine uptake is strong but “patchy”. “This […]

Ray Hadley has confirmed the NSW Premier did not speak to the Prime Minister before announcing changes to quarantine. Dominic Perrottet has announced quarantine requirements will be scrapped from November 1 for those who are fully vaccinated. Neither hotel quarantine nor home quarantine will be required for fully vaccinated visitors. Only a pre-departure PCR test […]

The world’s richest race on turf is back tomorrow with 10,000 fully-vaccinated race-goers in attendance. Racing NSW CEO Peter V’landys told Jim Wilson the TAB Everest is “embraced” by a younger crowd than most races. “It’s for the under 30s, it’s a new generational race – kids don’t like doing what their parents do, so […]

NSW Deputy Premier Paul Toole has revealed that Greater Sydney won’t be able to travel to the regions until November 1. With the 80 per cent vaccination target expected to be reached this week, government ministers met yesterday to decide whether regional travel would be allowed from Monday. Regional travel was promised to Sydneysiders once […]

The times we are living in are the most challenging we have ever experienced – especially if you own or run a business. The Covid-19 pandemic has totally changed the way we live – and everyday we hear stories of how difficult things are for many in our business community. 2GB and CommBank are big […]