Changes announced to the reopening NSW roadmap

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet announced today that with the 70 per cent double vaccination milestone being reached yesterday, the NSW Government is easing a number of restrictions as part of the Reopening NSW roadmap, which will allow fully vaccinated adults to enjoy more freedoms from next Monday, October 11. It is expected that these updates will be made to Public Health Order in the coming days. We will advise you if anything changes to what has been announced today.

As always, Transport will play a critical role in supporting these changes as students return to schools sooner and more people start accessing the network to reunite with family and friends as well as the return to work places over the coming months

Please make sure your people know that if they can work from home they should continue to do so for now and that masks remain mandatory.

Changes to 70 per cent roadmap

  • Up to 10 visitors (not counting children 12 and under) to a home (previously five)
  • The cap on outdoor gatherings rises to 30 people (previously 20)
  • Increased cap for weddings and funerals to 100 people (previously 50)
  • Indoor pools will also re-open for swimming lessons, squad training, lap swimming, and rehab activities.

Changes to 80 per cent roadmap

  • Up to 20 visitors (excluding children 12 and under) to a home (previously 10)
  • Up to 50 people will be allowed to gather outdoors (previously 20)
  • Up to 3,000 people will be allowed to attend controlled and ticketed outdoor events (previously 500)
  • Nightclubs will be permitted to reopen for seated drinking only (no dancing)
  • Masks will no longer be required in office buildings.

All roadmap freedoms at 70 and 80 per cent will continue to be for fully vaccinated people only.

Changes to back to school plan

All school students will now return to on site learning with a range of COVID-safe measures in place by October 25, with the second and third stages of the return to school plan now combined. Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 12 students will still return to face-to-face learning on October 18, with all other years now returning one week later on October 25.