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As the Delta variant outruns NSW’s contact tracing, the cabinet splits between Covid and the economy | Anne Davies
Some in the NSW cabinet want to keep the economy ticking over, but getting the lockdown wrong will be even more costly
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For the New South Wales government, the decisive test of its keep-it-open approach during the pandemic is upon them.
After 10 days of lockdown, the highly contagious Delta variant has moved from the eastern suburbs, a predominantly English-speaking, middle class part of the city, to Sydney’s south-west, its most ethnically diverse. Big multigenerational households are common, household incomes and savings are smaller and many are employed in face-to-face work.
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