Tensions are high in the Sydney region as the population looks towards its tenth week in lockdown, without any clear understanding of when it will be coming out of the home confinement it’s enduring as cases of COVID-19 continue to soar within the community.

And as far as it goes with our political leaders, they don’t appear to have any clear understanding either. NSW premier Gladys Berejikilian has moved from consideration of easing restrictions at 50 percent adult vaccination rates one week, to the current estimate of 70 percent fully vaxxed.