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Gladys Berejiklian is under mounting pressure to ease Covid lockdown restrictions across NSW before hitting her 70 per cent vaccination target.
Local MPs are among a growing chorus of voices citing lockdown fatigue and deteriorating mental health as reasons to begin easing restrictions early.
They're hopeful the premier will expand the 5km exercise limit and allow more than five fully vaccinated people to meet outdoors for a picnic come September 13.
The proposal would mean families can more easily gather outdoors - where cases of Covid transmission are virtually non-existent - in time for the school holidays.
Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello, who holds a seat in the state's crisis cabinet and helped to champion the necessity of a singles bubble, said all avenues were being explored.
The proposal would mean families can more easily gather outdoors - where cases of Covid transmission are virtually non-existent - in time for the school holidays
'The premier has rightly recognised the need to get mental health right,' he told the Sydney Morning Herald.
'Mental health is a critical component and the government is constantly looking at the changing circumstances, and we'll adjust our settings accordingly.'
This may include easing some of the restrictions before
