Sydney remains on edge as rising coronavirus cases create fear of a renewed lockdown in the state. 9News
This could change if we see a massive increase in cases, and the elderly and sick are far more likely to succumb, O'Keefe said.
Since March, lockdowns have cost 835,000 Australians their jobs, with 2.3 million either working fewer hours or unemployed.There is vehement opposition to a lockdown from both Premier Gladys Berejiklian's own team, and the federal cabinet, O'Keefe said."Melbourne and Sydney are the twin engines of our national economy," he said."We have a challenge, until we have a cure, we have to live with it.
"We want to achieve, where we are able, to have a good quality of life, even though we have to live with restrictions for the pandemic."
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