Covid Australia: Gladys Berejiklian rejects calls for a curfew in western Sydney

Covid Australia: Gladys Berejiklian rejects calls for a curfew in western Sydney
Covid Australia: Gladys Berejiklian rejects calls for a curfew in western Sydney

Gladys Berejiklian has rebuffed calls for a night curfew in locked-down Sydney as there is no evidence to suggest it would work.

The NSW premier is facing calls from all side to tighten Sydney's lockdown, including imposing a night-time curfew as Melbourne did last year.

Sydney's outbreak of the highly infectious Delta strain shows no sign of ending with 145 more case recorded on Monday.

Ms Berejiklian was explaining her 'mission is to allow our citizens to live as safely and as freely as possible' at a press conference on Monday when a journalist interrupted.

'Would you rule out a curfew?' he called out from the crowd.

'They haven't demonstrated they work,' she replied.

No curfews are in effect across Sydney under lockdown restrictions, as seen here in Bondi

No curfews are in effect across Sydney under lockdown restrictions, as seen here in Bondi

Melbourne's 112-day lockdown last year banned residents from leaving their homes between 8pm to 5am for any reason other than work and emergencies.

The rule cause uproar, particularly after chief health officer Brett Sutton denied it was based on his medical advice.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews eventually admitted the curfew was imposed solely because it would make policing the lockdown easier for police.

'The rules were ultimately made by me,' Mr Andrews said at the time.

'It's not a matter for Brett [Sutton], that's not health advice, that's about achieving a health outcome.

'His advice is "do whatever you can to limit movement". Police then say "we need rules we can enforce". These are decisions ultimately made by me.

Pictured: Hosier Lane in Melbourne amid nightly curfews, when the city became a ghost town

Pictured: Hosier Lane in Melbourne amid nightly curfews, when the city became a ghost town

Daniel Andrews (pictured) faced backlash last year when he imposed a curfew on Victorians without the help of medical experts

Daniel Andrews (pictured) faced backlash last year when he imposed a curfew on Victorians without the help of medical experts

'What it means is no one's sneaking out going to their mate's place. No one's going and doing things that they are by law not allowed to do.'  

But Chief Commissioner Shane Patton came out in September and said police never asked for a curfew and he was only told a 'couple of hours' before it began.

'I was never consulted,' Mr Patton told 3AW radio. 'We had never asked for a curfew. It's not a decision that I was involved in.'

But despite this history of curfews having no evidence of success or medical backing, NSW Chief Health Officer

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