{"id":19968,"date":"2021-07-07T16:20:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T16:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=19968"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:50:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:50:40","slug":"australia-sydney-extends-covid-19-restrictions-another-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-sydney-extends-covid-19-restrictions-another-week","title":{"rendered":"Australia: Sydney extends Covid-19 restrictions another week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities have extended countermeasures for another week after 18 new Covid-19 cases were recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-\u00a0<strong>The New South Wales Government\u00a0<\/strong>has announced that it will extend Covid-19 restrictions for at least one week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under current restrictions, only essential businesses are allowed to open. Casinos and gambling venues remain closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In line with the announcement,\u00a0<strong>Crown Sydney<\/strong>\u00a0has said it will remain closed until further notice. The closure includes its restaurants, bars, gym as well as events and conferencing facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-star-sydney-closes-until-july-2-amid-rise-in-covid-19-cases\">The Star Sydney<\/a>\u00a0will also remain closed. The company had stated that it will continue to\u00a0<strong>pay staff during the seven-day closure<\/strong>. The Star also said it will remain committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of its team members and guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities have started checking hospitality venues in Sydney are complying with\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/authorities-to-check-if-sydney-venues-are-complying-with-covid-rules\">Covid-19 rules<\/a>.\u00a0<strong>Liquor and Gaming NSW<\/strong>\u00a0is in charge of inspections with around 40 inspectors dedicated to the task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Darren Duke<\/strong>, acting director of compliance at Liquor &amp; Gaming NSW, said: \u201cVenues not complying with the Public Health Orders pose a clear and significant risk to public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAny venues found breaching the rules may be subject to a fine or in&nbsp;<strong>serious cases could face a closure of their venue.<\/strong>\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities have extended countermeasures for another week after 18 new Covid-19 cases were recorded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The New South Wales Government has extended COVID-19 restrictions for an additional week, mandating the closure of non-essential businesses, including casinos and gambling venues. This directly impacts major operators like Crown Sydney and The Star Sydney, which will remain closed, with The Star committing to staff payments. Liquor and Gaming NSW is actively enforcing compliance with public health orders, threatening fines or venue closures for breaches.","focusai_entities":"Crown Sydney, The Star Sydney, New South Wales Government, Liquor and Gaming NSW, Darren Duke","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales, Sydney","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Financial Impact Analysis","query":"What is the estimated daily GGR and NGR loss for Crown Sydney and The Star Sydney due to this extended closure, and how will this impact their Q3\/Q4 financial guidance?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Scope","query":"Beyond fines, what specific enforcement actions or licensing reviews could Liquor and Gaming NSW undertake for repeated breaches of public health orders by licensed venues?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-19968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19968"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19984,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19968\/revisions\/19984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}