A man and woman from Sydney’s eastern suburbs have been slapped with big fines after allegedly travelling nearly three hours across NSW despite strict stay-at-home orders.
A 56-year old man from Paddington, and a 22-year old woman from Maroubra, were each fined $1200 on Saturday after being discovered by police, allegedly in the Hunter Region, northwest of Sydney.
The alleged trip was in breach of stay-at-home orders issued by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian this week, as the state grappled an escalating Covid-19 outbreak driven by the highly-contagious Delta variant.
NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys said the “vast majority” of NSW residents had complied with the updated rules, but warned of a further crackdown on anyone found in breach.
“No matter how people think that they have to attend some of these events with their children or need to go on holidays, public health orders are clear,” he said on Sunday.
“The family were issued an infringement notice and that…