Gladys said schools across NSW would re-open on October 25, as it was assumed the 70% double dose vaccination target would be reached by then.
John Barilaro added that schools in regional NSW would return for face-to-face learning for the final week of term 3. He added that anyone who travels across NSW and enters an area in lockdown must comply with stay-at-home orders for 14 days.
Interesting map showing the areas that are being kept in lockdown and the ones being released from lockdown.
Actually a lot more generous than initially reported last night.
EDIT: Official map from the NSW government website
I just donât understand how itâs going to work. Why arenât people asking about the tier systems and close contact system? There just seems so much that hasnât been thought through. Living with covid means removing the restrictions to self isolate if in contact as well.
I knew I should have moved to Oberon. Not sure why they are out actually given the reliance on Bathurst for essential services (which has had cases). Yass Valley looks like itâs out as well; no cases there but very close to Canberra and Queanbeyan.
The map actually resembles weather systems: the âno lockdown zoneâ in the south closely resembles areas that get precipitation and weather from the west. Oberon and Crookwell get snow and rain but Bungendore does not.
But yes, it will be devilishly hard to enforce these.
Had the 2nd shot today. So far, so good.
The only people not getting vaccinated who I have sympathy for are kids (who hopefully will be eligible for jabs next year) and people who are unable to get the shots for medical reasons.
Everyone else has a responsibility to get vaccinated at the first available opportunity IMO. And thankfully, I think all my immediate family members will be fully vaccinated soon if they arenât already.
Excellent. Iâm due for my 2nd shot this time next week so fingers crossed that everything goes to plan 
The Queensland Government will reinstate the border bubble with NSW from 1am next Monday (September 13), meaning students and essential workers will be able to travel from the 12 LGAs in northern NSW, where restrictions have eased, into Queensland.
1542 is a new daily record for locally acquired COVID cases in an Australian jurisdiction.
Nine COVID-related deaths were reported to 8pm last night:
A man in his 60s from western Sydney died at home.
A man in his 70s from south-eastern Sydney died at Prince of Wales Hospital.
A woman in her 40s from south-western Sydney died at Liverpool Hospital.
A man in his 70s from Sydneyâs southern suburbs died at home.
A woman in her 50s from the Central Coast died at Gosford Hospital.
A man in his 60s from western Sydney died at Royal North Shore Hospital.
A woman in her 80s from western Sydney died at Ryde Hospital.
A man in his 30s from Nepean Blue Mountains died at Nepean Hospital.
A man in his 50s from south-western Sydney died in Liverpool Hospital.
Of todayâs cases, 506 are from south western Sydney, 402 from western Sydney, 38 from Illawarra Shoalhaven, 28 from Western NSW, 26 from Central Coast, 13 from Hunter New England, five from Far West, three from Southern NSW and 49 in correctional settings.
Gladys has announced that she and government will no longer hold daily press conferences from Sunday after telling us that the peak and the worst was still to come.
You canât make this shit up.
Sorry, but this is a good move - the whole thing has become an unhinged shitshow
No. Accountability out the window.
This is not democratic.
Millions stuck at home, thousands in hospital, businesses collapsing.
As a government, you need to be accountable to your communities.
Something which the NSW Government needs to own up to, donât you think?
If Dan Andrews announced this, there would be hell to pay.
So dystopian.
I think it would be a good move by Dan Andrews. It gives the media too many opportunities to ask the same stupid questions.
You can still remain accountable by not fronting a daily circus - in fact, Iâd argue that fronting this daily dog and pony show isnât actually being accountable at all, itâs basically presenteeism.
People need to move on from this toxic thinking that Politicians are only doing something when its broadcast or covered by some form of media
If we want to move to a covid normal, it has to come to an end. Now we have a plan out, its a good time to transition.
Both the media and the NSW Government need to take some responsibility - what these press conferences have shown us is how we are pathetically serviced both by our leaders and those who report on them
When Parliament sits and the trend is coming down, by all means do this. But not now.
Instead of a press conference, will NSW Health at least send out a video on Twitter or a similar platform getting one of the health experts to go through the details of the dayâs cases, hospitalisations etc.?
Yes and its likely that weâll see someone from the Government a few times a week
I would like to know how often leaders in the UK come out to let the public know how many cases there are on a day to day basis. It has never made sense to me why they do these long press conferences here every day. Time can certainly be spent doing something more useful. You can see why the roadmaps took so long to finalise.
Especially with that video made up of many conference snippets. Funny but bound to happen.
