NSW has announced it will be mandatory to register positive rapid antigen tests with Service NSW or face a $1000 fine. Here’s what you need to know about the system.
During the recent lockdown,officers were told to “start writing tickets” to ensure compliance with restrictions,promising “[if] you get it wrong,I understand,and I won’t hold you to account for that”.
The strike force will seek to identify individuals who fraudulently sought grants after anomalies were detected in some applications in late October.
NSW residents will receive push notifications on their smartphones alerting them to potential contact with a positive COVID-19 cases through a feature in the check-in app within days.
More than 700,000 COVID-19 case alerts have been sent to NSW residents via the state’s check-in app in the past three weeks,but experts warn there is little awareness about the feature because people are not automatically notified on their smartphones.
People in NSW can now add their digital vaccination certificate to their Service NSW app,as the state approaches its second stage of reopening.
As retail stores,restaurants and gyms prepare to open to the public after months of lockdown it remains unclear when the integrated Service NSW vaccine certificate will be made available to residents across the state.
Service NSW had planned to introduce updates to the app in November but will bring them forward for use next month,with a pilot program set to roll out in five regional areas on October 6.
The state government will commence a two-week trial on October 6 integrating vaccination status into the Service NSW app already used for QR code check-ins.
Struggling businesses relying on income support to survive lockdown fear jobs will be lost in a sea of red tape created by the NSW government after it unexpectedly tightened eligibility tests around its JobSaver program.
It is no longer possible to change your address online,following suspicions that people were attempting to circumvent the public health orders.