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Sydney living with Coronavirus - May 8, 2020
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The show must go on. Roger Selby and Sue Johnson practice ballroom dancing in Milson's Point. It all began with an argument about how a certain dance step was done," Mr Selby, who took up dancing four years ago, said. Ms Johnson said the picturesque location is the ideal spot. "The wharf is sort of shaped like a ballroom and as the weather was warm and beautiful we decided to come back ... it's a great place to practise our rumba and quickstep," she said. For the past seven weeks several times a week, at an appropriate distance several metres apart, they’ve been "cutting the rug" with everything from Latin to New Vogue flounces like the "Lucille Waltz".Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Most Australian states have either shut their borders or implemented mandatory quarantine measures for interstate travellers. After grounding almost their entire domestic fleets, Qantas and Virgin are now running a skeleton network of subsidised flights connecting capital cities and regional hubs. Until early May, the government is also underwriting 13 weekly flights to repatriate Australians wanting to come home. Both airlines say just 30 per cent of seats on these domestic flights are occupied, compared to a regular average of up to 85 per cent. Photo Montage.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Most of Newtown's eateries are closed which has impacted the suburb's vibe.Credit:Christopher Pearce
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Bondi residents Tim and Shannon invite their best friends over for lunch, Stephanie and Arnesh. Isolation laws have relaxed and two people can now visit one household. Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced Australians will be allowed to have five visitors at home and 10 people will be allowed to gather in businesses and public places under stage one of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions being lifted. Restaurants and cafes meeting these requirements will also be able to reopen, as will libraries, community centres, playgrounds and exercise boot camps. Travel within states for non-essential reasons will also be allowed.Credit:James Brickwood
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Andrew and Vanessa have kept their jobs and are finding they are spending hardly any money during the lockdown. Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Out west in Blacktown. Overall spending increased in some less affluent western Sydney council areas including Blacktown (+8 per cent) and Penrith (+2). Increases in those districts was led by spending on essentials like groceries and utility bills. Credit:Dean Sewell / SMH
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Observing social distancing and waiting for a full moon to emerge in Maroubra, May 7, 2020Credit:Janie Barrett
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Billie Ronis, a PLC student, and her younger sister Jamie. Billie, in blue, has been participating in a new online course COVID 19 Chilled and Considerate Bootcamp developed by Sydney psychologist Dr Danielle Einstein.Credit:Steven Siewert
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Locals at Coogee beach. More beaches in Sydney’s eastern suburbs open under a new ‘swim and go’ program. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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The Rocks at dusk.Credit:James Brickwood
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An empty furniture store on Sydney Road, Balgowlah. Credit:James Brickwood
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Kylie Gough prefers to keep her daughter Mia at home instead of sending her to kindergarten before the end of the pandemic.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Social distancing is not on the agenda for this crowd in Maroubra on Friday May 8.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged people to stick to existing lockdown rules over the weekend, stressing that NSW will not rush the introduction of lifting coronavirus restrictions.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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As the country begins to emerge from the weeks-long lockdown, the communty is being warned to expect new COVID-19 outbreaks. Prime Minister Scott Morrison acknowledged there was a danger of further outbreaks, but said the government could not continue to hold back the economy.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Bondi locals stick to common rituals.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Sydney Harbour at dusk from above the Bridge Stairs - a southern pedestrian access point to the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Cahill Expressway. Credit:James Brickwood
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Liz Lane with her daughter Samantha and Anthony Bowe gather outside Anglicare Newmarch House. Anglicare has appointed an independent adviser to oversee its management of the deadly coronavirus outbreak at Newmarch House nursing home in western Sydney, where 16 elderly residents have died and 69 people have been infected – including another three staff members picked up by screening on Wednesday. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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A shrine outside Anglicare Newmarch House. Anglicare has appointed an independent adviser to oversee its management of the deadly coronavirus outbreak at Newmarch House nursing home in western Sydney, where 16 elderly residents have died and 69 people have been infected – including another three staff members picked up by screening on Wednesday.Anglicare has appointed an independent adviser to oversee its management of the deadly coronavirus outbreak at Newmarch House nursing home in western Sydney, where 16 elderly residents have died and 69 people have been infected – including another three staff members picked up by screening on Wednesday. The appointment of Andrew Kinkade was announced late on Thursday after the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission gave Anglicare 24 hours to agree to terms, including the appointment, or face having its licence to operate Newmarch House revoked. Credit:Rhett Wyman