NSW Labor leader Chris Minns has blasted plans to re-open pubs in wealthy parts of Sydney with low Covid-19 case numbers while 2.5million people in the city's disadvantaged west endure crippling curfews.
In the first two weeks of October the state government will conduct a trial allowing fully vaccinated people to check-in to pubs and bars using the ServiceNSW app in order to test the technology.
The government has not revealed where the trial will take place but it is expected to occur in parts of Sydney with low case numbers, many of which are suburbs in the wealthy north of the city, such as Mosman and Turramurra.
A pub trial will go ahead at the start of October, expected in suburbs with low cases. Pictured: Manly Beach
This has raised fears of a class divide while residents in Sydney's west and south-west - where 80 per cent of Covid cases are being recorded - remain locked down until mid-October.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, Mr Minns said this would be unacceptable and called for an equal re-opening of all suburbs at the same time.
'We cant have a situation where people in Mosman can go and have a rosé but you can't have a beer in Blacktown,' he said.
'It's time for the government to put the phrase ''we're all in this together'' into action and that means there has to be an equal opening.'
Deputy Labor leader Prue Car also demanded equal treatment for city's west, saying 'western Sydney will have something to say about this' if a pub trial goes ahead on the north shore.
Residents in 12 areas are subject to a curfew even though there is no evidence to say it helps keep cases low. Pictured: Residents in Bankstown
Residents wear face masks as they do essential food shopping in Bankstown on Wednesday
Mr Minns praised Treasurer Dominic Perrottet who on Wednesday said the whole of Sydney should open at the same time - but he wants more clarity from Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
'In reality we need to find out what the plan is from the NSW government because millions of people are relying on their direction,' he said.
The Labor leader also urged the government to release its roadmap out of lockdown now, even if it needs changing in the future.
'This is something I've been saying for a long time, that we need to know the plan,' he said.
'The drip feed of restrictions being eased almost on a weekly basis is very difficult to follow and impossible to plan for.
'If the government is forced because of changes to vaccination rates to shift or alter that plan then I think the people of Sydney would understand,' he added.
On Wednesday Ms Berejiklian said the roadmap - which will allow fully vaccinated people to go to bars and restaurants when 70 per cent of the state is jabbed - was almost finished but she still refused to release it.
