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| CREDIT: dailymail.co.uk While Sydney was struggling with week seven of lockdown, District Court Judge Chris Hoy, SC could be seen with his wife Phoebe on the slopes of Thredbo in the Snowy Mountains. Skiers have raised eyebrows at their arrival wondering how a trip like that could happen with the strict public health orders. This comes after the state government is facing pressure over whether enough is being done to protect regional NSW from COVID-19. The pressure started after a man from Rose Bay was charged with breaching public health orders after he travelled to Byron Bay to look at real estate while infectious. The fine print appears to seem as though the Hoys didn't breach any health orders. Mrs. Hoy, an avid skier, was determined to set the record straight. "We're totally compliant." The public health orders don't permit people in Greater Sydney to leave home or a holiday, although moving between "different places of residence" is a reasonable excuse. Anyone who does leave Greater Sydney MUST isolate for 14 days upon arrival at their destination. This allowed Judge Hoy and his wife to travel to their holiday house in Shoalhaven where they isolated for 14 days, before they moved on to Thredbo. Mrs. Hoy stated the couple checked with authorities before leaving Sydney and were told their movements were "totally within the rules." "They said after 14 days of isolation you're free to move around...I've got a file note of my conversation with them and whom I've spoken to." Mrs. Hoy revealed there was building work happening at their holiday house that they needed to check on. She also stated the couple produced negative COVID tests on day 15 of their isolation. The ski lodge requested it. "That wasn't a requirement of NSW health, that was a requirement of the lodge." There have been multiple reports of people using the excuse of a second residence to be able to attend the showgrounds. Many called and complained about the Hoys situation. A NSW spokesperson has revealed that the Hoys had complied with public health orders. Health Minister Brad Hazzard has stated he will speak to his department about "tightening up" the orders permitting citizens to move between places of residence. He said people should not move from one place to the other just for the sake of it. "Choose the property you are living in and stay there." General Manager of Thredbo Resort, Stuart Diver said they were welcoming anyone who was "not under current stay-at-home orders." "Thredbo asks all guests planning to visit the resort to review and adhere to the latest orders and to stay home if they are unwell or located in a suburb under the current lockdown order." Mr. Hazzard has responded to whether it should be illegal to travel to the regions to inspect real estate. "There are circumstances where, for example, there's a marriage breakdown, somebody's going to look at a house, that situation, or perhaps a doctor works in Byron Bay and Sydney." "Those issues have to be balanced like everything else in the epidemic." |
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