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Australia news live: NSW records three new Covid-19 cases and other infections detected outside Sydney northern beaches

5:31 PM

Three shops in the central business district and two supermarkets in the eastern suburbs were visited by people who have tested positive. Follow all the latest news and updates, live

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    To recap that press conference:

    We appreciate frustration levels may be increasing [on the northern beaches] but please know there is light at the end of the tunnel.

    Ironically, as we see time move on, the threat of greater Sydney is almost becoming as equal to parts of the northern beaches, and that’s where we’ll be adjusting potentially some of our restrictions.

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