There are calls for a local mayor to stand down after he compared Greater Sydney lockdown restrictions to living under the genocidal regime of Nazi Germany.
The comments have been slammed as “disgraceful and reprehensible”.
Mayor Steve Christou of Cumberland Council, which is located in Sydney’s west and includes Merrylands and Auburn where many of the current cases are cropping up, made the shocking comparison on Friday in response to the NSW government’s tightening of lockdown rules for the worst-hit areas.
Sharing a graphic with new rules announced for the 12 “areas of concern”, which included Cumberland, Mr Christou tweeted, “Welcome to Nazi Germany”.
Residents of Bayside, Blacktown, Burwood, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool, Parramatta and Strathfield local government areas, and some suburbs of Penrith LGA face stricter restrictions than elsewhere.
‘Disgraceful and reprehensible’
Police Minister David Elliott…