Health says multi-unit renos in one block are okay

Try asking them also what applies to strata schemes inside the 8 LGAs.

The updated Customer Service website says that inside the 8 LGAs of concern, the  “2 workers same room” practice is strongly recommended. It does not make sense as a rule or recommendation.

Outside the 8 LGAs of concern:

• residential premises includes common property;
• the object and purpose of the rule is to enable contactless work (any work);
• the ordinary meaning of the words in context necessarily imply it applies to apartments only and any other interpretation is absurd (in a legal sense);
• this leave OCs back with the previous restrictions (prescribed and necessary) for Common Property; and
• all residents and workers exposed to variety of workers (or all types not just tradies) coming in an out of the building;
• there is no requirement for testing or vaccination and no obligation on the owner to check

If you add to this:

• no mask mandate until weeks after other closed indoors areas (unlike Melbourne)
• no QR or plan prompts for strata (visitors and workers) (unlike other premises and entities)
• no direction on indoor recreation facilities (unlike Melbourne, Toronto)
• no directions to put up poster, install sanitizer (unlike Toronto)

its a disappointing performance when apartment dwellers are at high risk of infections from others, visitors and workers and are part of the population the PHOs are intended to protect.

It cannot be solved unless NSW applies PHO directions directly to OCs and common property as well as individuals or business entities.