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NSW has reported 804 Covid cases in the past 24 hours in a massive surge in case numbers.
But Premier Dominic Perrottet on Monday night promised 'no more lockdowns' for the state, which means NSW is on course for a significant easing of pandemic restrictions on Wednesday.
Compulsory face masks are in their final hours in NSW and Victorian shops.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet (pictured) on Monday night promised 'no more lockdowns' in the state
Mask-wearing in NSW retail stores is being scrapped from 12.01am on Wednesday, December 15, and at 11.59pm in Victoria - though this has yet to be absolutely confirmed due to Victoria's new pandemic legislation.
Daily Mail Australia takes a look at the incoming mask rules for Australia's two biggest states below.
New South WalesFrom Wednesday, masks will only be required on public transport and planes, at airports and for indoors front-of-house hospitality staff who are not fully vaccinated.
Masks will still be strongly encouraged in settings where you cannot social distance, but will no longer required in outdoor settings.
Covid Safe QR code check-ins will only be required for hospitals, aged and disability care facilities, gyms, places of worship, funerals or memorial services, personal services (including sex services), pubs, small bars and registered clubs, nightclubs, strip clubs, sex on premises and indoor music festivals with over 1,000 people.
The changes also mean there will be no limit to the number of visitors you can have in your home.
Remember shopping without masks (pictured)? You can experience it again later this week
There will also be no limit to the number of people allowed at outdoor public gatherings.
All visitors to residents in aged care facilities and disability homes are permitted in line with their policies.
Non-critical retail will reopen to all and there will be no person limit for personal services - including hairdressers, spas, beauty and nail salons, tattoo and massage parlours.
Sex services premises are also allowed to open.
For those who can't remember shopping without masks (pictured), this is what it looks like
Victoria's state of emergency officially ends at 11.59pm on Wednesday, and will instead be replaced with the new pandemic laws which carry 'specific legal requirements' that prevent restriction changes being made public before going through 'proper processes'.
