Important changes to COVID-19 restrictions across New South Wales
Fully vaccinated adults in the 12 government areas of concern including Liverpool - along with the local government areas of Bayside, Blacktown, Burwood, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Parramatta, Strathfield, and some suburbs of Penrith - will from Monday 20 September be able to exercise outdoors with no time limits, and gather in groups of five for outdoor recreation within five kilometres from home (children under 12 are not included in the gathering limit).
The NSW Government is the lead authority on all COVID-19 related matters. Please visit the NSW Government website for a complete listing and full details of the latest restrictions for Liverpool.
From 12:01am, Saturday 21 August 2021, if you live in Greater Sydney, you may need to register when travelling outside of Greater Sydney. Find out more here.
Authorised workers who work outside their LGA of concern are only permitted to work if they have had their first vaccination dose by 19 September (unless they have a medical exemption) or who have been tested as part of a COVID-19 rapid antigen testing program approved by the Chief Health Officer.
From 9 September, authorised workers will be required to carry evidence of their booking if they wish to leave their LGA for work. Authorised workers under the age of 16 years remain exempt from the requirement to be vaccinated.
If an authorised worker is not vaccinated or does not have a medical contraindication form, they will not be able to work outside their LGA after 19 September 2021. Workers from the LGAs of concern are offered priority bookings for vaccination.
For priority bookings visit:
- Authorised workers who live in LGAs of concern
- Anyone aged 16-39 who live in LGAs of concern
- Childcare, disability, and food workers who live or work in LGAs of concern
From Saturday, 28 August, authorised workers from the LGAs of concern are required to carry a permit from Service NSW declaring they are an authorised worker and cannot work from home; and
From Saturday, 28 August, anyone entering an LGA of concern for the purposes of work must carry a worker permit issued by Service NSW.
Please note, from 12.01am Monday, 23 August, workers from the Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland and Fairfield LGAs will no longer have to have been tested for COVID-19 in the previous 72 hours to work outside their LGA.