NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has flagged he wants to see restaurants and cafes to open as a priority as COVID-19 restrictions ease. “The main focus we have at the moment … we want the NSW economy to be opened up as much as possible but at the same time, we want to do that in a way that keeps people safe. “We obviously want to see restaurants and cafes move from takeaway to actually having people sit down, and obviously will be in a way that social distancing is in practice, but we have a range of areas we are working through,” he told Sky News. Mr Perrottet also said returning children to the classroom would be imperative to driving productivity and economic growth in NSW. “We know, particularly getting kids back to schools, is something that is going to help drive productivity and economic growth here in this state,” he said. “About one in four households in New South Wales has a family with either one or two parents working — and that’s around 12.5 per cent of the labour market. “So by getting kids back into school, it enables those parents who are working to return to work where its safe to do so or work from home. "Obviously it's easier to work from home when you don’t have kids climbing all over you.”
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