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An emotional Gladys Berejiklian admitted she should have locked down Sydney earlier as NSW recorded another 239 cases of Covid-19.
In a press conference on Tuesday, the premier was asked: 'Will you admit that your strategy has failed, that you have failed?'
'I'm never going to suggest we get everything right,' she replied.
An emotional Gladys Berejiklian admitted she should have locked down Sydney earlier as NSW recorded another 239 cases of Covid-19
'I don't think any government around the world can say they get everything right because there's no rulebook.
'I'm the first one to admit at every stage of the process in the last 18 months, with the benefit of hindsight it would be wonderful to know the alternative course. We'll never know that.'
The premier has faced criticism for refusing to impose lockdown until June 25, nine days after Sydney's outbreak began on June 16.
Other states have shown that locking down 'hard and early' reduces the total amount of time residents are in lockdown.
Victoria has just