John Barilaro’s daughter, 20, is fined for breaching Covid rules
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Deputy Premier John Barilaro’s daughter has been fined for breaching NSW Covid rules.
Domenica Barilaro, 20, travelled from Queanbeyan in southern NSW to Sydney and then through the ACT back to her home town last week.
She arrived back in Queanbeyan last Friday and was fined $1,000 by officers from the Monaro district.
Under NSW public health orders, regional residents cannot travel to Sydney unless they have a ‘reasonable excuse’ such as getting vaccinated or attending a funeral.
Deputy Commissioner Gary Warboys told reporters on Friday: ‘A young lady from down at Queanbeyan was spoken to by police from Queanbeyan police station.
‘That young lady was considerate of the investigation, was polite and forthcoming and that infringement notice was issued to her.’
A NSW police spokesman said: ‘Officers from Monaro Police District have issued a Penalty Infringement Notice (PIN) for failing to comply with direction under the Public Health Act after an alleged breach by a 20-year-old woman.
‘It’s alleged the woman travelled from regional NSW to Sydney then to the ACT, before returning to her home in regional NSW last Friday (9 July 2021).
‘She was very helpful and apologetic with police. She has since been issued with the $1000 PIN.’
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Mr Barilaro for comment.
University student Domenica is the deputy premier’s middle daughter between lawyer Alessia, 24, and five-year-old Sofia.
Meanwhile, Sydney’s exposure sites surged past 400 as New South Wales recorded 97 new Covid cases on Friday.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian held crisis talks about tightening Sydney’s lockdown restrictions after 29 of those cases were out in the community for the entire time while infectious.
NSW Health said 49 of the infections are household contacts and 14 are close contacts. Sixty-seven (69 per cent) of the new cases were found in south-west Sydney.
Health officials also found 14 cases of Covid-19 in south-east Sydney in the 24 hours to 8pm on Thursday night and nine in the city’s west.
There are now 18 patients suffering from the virus in intensive care wards across NSW and five of them are on ventilators.
The new locally-acquired cases mean the state’s outbreak of the highly-contagious Delta variant that began on June 16 in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has now reached 1,026 infections.
Sydney and the surrounding Blue Mountains, Central Coast, Wollongong and Shellharbour regions will have been in lockdown for three weeks on Saturday.
The stay-at-home orders were due to end on Friday but will continue for at least another two weeks until July 30.
Ms Berejiklian urged anyone in Fairfield who has had even an extended family member or fleeting social contact test positive to the virus to get swabbed for Covid-19 immediately.
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