NSW COVID: Pressure builds on Gladys Berejiklian to ban Sydney worker travel as case numbers mount

Michael Parris
July 24 2021 - 7:30am
ON THE MOVE: A traffic sign at Wallsend warning motorists about stay-at-home restrictions. Hunter politicians and senior government minister Andrew Constance have warned that travelling Sydney workers risk spreading the virus to regional NSW. Picture: Geoff Jones
ON THE MOVE: A traffic sign at Wallsend warning motorists about stay-at-home restrictions. Hunter politicians and senior government minister Andrew Constance have warned that travelling Sydney workers risk spreading the virus to regional NSW. Picture: Geoff Jones

Lake Macquarie MP Greg Piper says the decision to allow Sydney tradies and other workers to travel to the Hunter is "baffling" and should be changed.

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Michael Parris

Michael Parris

Journalist

Michael Parris reports on politics for the Newcastle Herald. He started at the Herald in 1994 after working in the ABC Newcastle newsroom. Michael spent much of his career as a sub-editor before moving into political reporting in 2017. He was a finalist in the Sports Australia national media awards for his stories about a male-only tennis club in Newcastle. He has covered NSW and federal elections, state and federal budgets and local politics. He has also written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on data analysis and the effects of lockdowns on the Hunter community.

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