Ministry of Health

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard says he's relieved a Sydney hotel quarantine worker infected with COVID-19 appears to have contracted the virus on the job.

Premier Mark McGowan is expected to make a call on whether to reopen WA's border to New South Wales and Victoria at the weekend following advice from the Chief Health Officer.

MORNING BRIEFING: NSW Health says it is still working to implement weekly testing at its police-run hotels following a Sydney quarantine hotel worker contracting coronavirus, and police are investigating after two elderly people were found with stab wounds.

NSW residents may be locked out of Western Australia for longer, after a Sydney hotel quarantine worker was diagnosed with COVID-19 just days before the borde...

A hotel quarantine worker in Sydney has tested positive for COVID-19, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard confirms. The woman worked at the Novotel and Ibis hotels in Darling Harbour and her test results came in just before 1:30am this morning.

The new infection, announced by Health Minister Brad Hazzard on Thursday, ends the state's streak of no locally acquired coronavirus cases.

Cricket crowds will return for summer and along with standing up in pubs, dancing at weddings and international events such as the Sydney Festival.

Families have been evacuated and at least one home is alight in western Sydney.

Australia is currently the hottest country in the world, taking all of the top ten spots for global towns and cities in the last 24 hours.

Urgent, priority patients can be tested and be told their results within three hours.

Thirty visitors will be allowed in NSW homes from next week and more patrons will be allowed in cafes, restaurants, clubs and pubs as restrictions ease.

People who believe they may have had an ultrasound at the clinic are being 'strongly urged' to contact their GP.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge's 88-year-old rail corridor will be replaced at the start of 2021, meaning trains won't be able to cross the structure for the first 10 days of the year.

MORNING BRIEFING: A first look at plans for the controversial redevelopment of Sydney's iconic Sirius building have been released for public consultation.

NSW Jobs, Investment and Tourism Minister Stuart Ayres comes under fire for declaring on Q+A that those who take a "precautionary" COVID test do not need to self-isolate.

The Premier previously flagged the next steps would be increasing the number of people allowed in a home and moving towards a two-square-metre rule at indoor venues.

NSW records 10 cases in hotel quarantine, while Queensland announces two and Western Australia one

Three new cases of locally acquired COVID-19 have been diagnosed in South Australia after a worker from a quarantine hotel infected family members, with more showing symptoms.

<p>New South Wales has recorded no locally acquired coronavirus cases for the eighth day in a row.</p>

Sweltering conditions are expected for the beginning of the week as NSW Health calls for vigilance amid several days without COVID-19 transmission.