Sydney tradies will be back on the tools next week as Melbourne rioters oppose ...

Sydney tradies will be back on the tools next week as Melbourne rioters oppose ...
Sydney tradies will be back on the tools next week as Melbourne rioters oppose ...

Sydney construction workers have received the green light to return to work from Monday, as 300,000 Melbourne tradies remain forced out of their shutdown sector.

The NSW government announced the welcome news, saying that worksites can return to full capacity with Covid-safe plans.

While occupied sites will not have a cap on the number of outdoor workers from Monday, workers from Sydney's 12 LGAs of concern must be vaccinated.

In contrast, hundreds of thousands of tradies are out of work in Melbourne and its surrounding areas after Dan Andrews brought in a ban on construction sites, with Covid cases reportedly having surged among workers. 

Sydney's construction workers have been given the green light to return to unoccupied worksites at full capacity from Monday (pictured, a Sydney tradie on September 6)

Sydney's construction workers have been given the green light to return to unoccupied worksites at full capacity from Monday (pictured, a Sydney tradie on September 6)

But after a surge in vaccine uptake in NSW, government officials don't see this will be a problem in Sydney. 

'Construction is going to play a key role in our economic recovery and it's vital we get tradies back on the tools as quickly and safely as possible,' Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said in a statement.

'The industry has shown the way when it comes to getting back to work and is a prime example of how our workplaces will progressively reopen as we reach vaccination targets and will provide a much-needed boost to the State's economy.'

One of the driving forces of the change is understood to be that many fully-vaccinated Sydney tradies have been prevented from returning to work, in an unintended effect of the capacity caps on workforces.

Workers in LGAs of concern who meet vaccination requirements are already able to attend unoccupied sites, but from Monday can work on occupied sites outdoors. 

Stuart Ayres thanked the industry for going out and doing the right thing, getting vaccinated so tradies can return to work (pictured, a vaccine is delivered on 'Tradie Sunday')

Stuart Ayres thanked the industry for going out and doing the right thing, getting vaccinated so tradies can return to work (pictured, a vaccine is delivered on 'Tradie Sunday')

'Today's announcement comes in recognition of the effort made by the construction industry to put Covid safe practices in place and to get workers vaccinated in large numbers. Those other measures will remain in place even once the cap is lifted,' Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney, Stuart Ayres said.

'We would like to thank the industry for the work they have put in to get the right outcome for the industry and for the wider community.'

'Getting vaccinated workers back on the tools as soon as possible is our priority, but we need to ensure it is done in a safe way to protect both workers and

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