The NSW government has published a public health order outlining 16 reasons residents are allowed to leave their homes during lockdown.
- Obtaining food or other goods or services for the personal needs of the household or other household purposes, including for pets, and for vulnerable persons
- For the purposes of work if the person cannot work from the person’s place of residence
- For the purposes of attending childcare, including picking up or dropping another person at childcare
- For the purposes of facilitating attendance at a school or other educational institution if the person attending the school or institution cannot learn from the person’s place of residence
- Exercising or outdoor recreation in Greater Sydney
- Obtaining medical care or supplies or health supplies or fulfilling carer’s responsibilities, including obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination
- Attending a significant event that complies with Part 4, even if the significant event is outside Greater Sydney
- Moving to a new place of residence including a business moving to new premises, or between different places of residence of the person, or inspecting a potential new place of residence
- Providing care or assistance, including personal care, to a vulnerable person or providing emergency assistance
- Donating blood
- Undertaking any legal obligations
- Accessing public services, whether provided by government, a private provider or a non-Government organisation, including —
(a) social services, and
(b) employment services, and
(c) domestic violence services, and
(d) mental health services, and
(e) services provided to victims, including as victims of crime - For children who do not live in the same household as their parents or siblings or one of their parents or siblings — giving effect to new or existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children or siblings
- For a person who is a priest, minister of religion or member of a religious order— going to the person’s place of worship or providing pastoral care to another person
- Avoiding injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm
- For emergencies or compassionate reasons, including where two persons are in a relationship but do not necessarily live together