Australian Idol star Paulini Curuenavuli has taken aim at the NSW government for imposing harsher restrictions on south-west and western Sydney amid the spread of Covid’s highly contagious Delta variant.
The singer, 38, described the targeted restrictions as unfair in a lengthy Instagram post on Sunday, and called for Premier Gladys Berejiklian to impose the same rules on Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
‘We are being targeted!’ the I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! star said.
Australian Idol star Paulini Curuenavuli has taken aim at the NSW government for imposing harsher restrictions on south-west and western Sydney amid the spread of Covid’s highly contagious Delta variant
‘All this talk about we are all in this together! How are we all in this together? It’s all talk!’ she added.
‘Eastern suburbs and surrounding areas get to carry on as usual while western Sydney carries the weight of lockdowns because of an outbreak that started in the eastern suburbs.’
Paulini went on to accuse the government of failing to take an egalitarian approach to handling the spread of Covid’s Delta variant.
‘If we are going to be fair dinkum about this lockdown then let’s be fair-dinkum! Because any person with half a brain would realise that this doesn’t pass the pub test!’ she complained.
‘Stop singling out western Sydney, impose the same restrictions and treat the eastern Sydney and surrounding areas as us.’
The singer, 38, described the targeted restrictions as unfair in a lengthy Instagram post on Sunday, and called for Premier Gladys Berejiklian to impose the same rules on Sydney’s eastern suburbs
It comes after Ms Berejiklian imposed harsher restrictions upon residents who live in eight council areas in south-west and western Sydney: Fairfield, Liverpool, Blacktown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Georges River, Parramatta and Campbelltown.
Residents from these LGAs are banned from leaving their area for work unless they are employed in the health, aged care or emergency services sectors.
It comes after hoards of residents from Coogee and Bondi descended upon the suburbs’ world-famous beaches over the weekend.
Despite pleas from to stay at home, thousands took to the world-famous coastline to sunbake, prompting police to call in air support to order people off the sand.
Streets around the world famous beaches of Coogee (seen here) and Bondi were packed with locals making the most of the wintry sun which saw temperatures ride above 25°C
For weeks Gladys Berejiklian has been begging Sydneysiders to only leave their home for essentials like exercise, shopping, vital work or getting vaccinated. Seen here is the scene at the north end of Bondi Beach on Sunday
Harsher rules: It comes after Ms Berejiklian imposed harsher restrictions upon residents who live in eight council areas in south-west and western Sydney. Pictured: police stationed in Liverpool
Greater Sydney is now entering its sixth gruelling week of a hard stay-at-home lockdown – which was last week extended until at least August 29 – to slow the outbreak’s spread.
Another 207 cases of Covid-19 were recorded in New South Wales overnight on Sunday.
Of the cases found in the 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday night, 83 were found in the city’s south-west, 53 in the west and 48 in the central Sydney local health district.
There are now 232 patients suffering from Covid-19 in NSW hospitals – including 54 in intensive care and 25 who require ventilation.
Lockdown continues: Greater Sydney is now entering its sixth gruelling week of a hard stay-at-home lockdown – which was last week extended until at least August 29 – to slow the outbreak’s spread. Sydney residents are pictured waiting for their Covid-19 vaccinations at a vaccination centre in the city on July 26
