Here's what you need to know this morning.
CBD club closes
A growing number of coronavirus cases connected with the City Tattersalls Club's fitness centre in Sydney's CBD has prompted management to close down the entire club so it can be thoroughly sanitised.
It emerged last night that the third positive case linked to the City Tatt's gym had also visited the Royal Hospital for Women while infected on Tuesday morning.
The City Tattersalls Club closed the fitness centre yesterday for cleaning but the board has now ordered the whole club be immediately closed until Friday.
Meanwhile, health officials say people who attended a dance class at 7.40pm on Tuesday at Virgin Gym in Zetland are also considered close contacts of a previously reported case and should get tested and isolate for a fortnight.
16yo charged over alleged police attack
A teenager has been charged over the alleged assault of three police officers in Sydney's west yesterday which left one officer with a concussion.
Police say they tried to stop the 16-year-old after he jumped a ticket barrier at Parramatta Station but he allegedly became aggressive and punched and kicked three officers.
A search allegedly revealed the teenager was in possession of two screwdrivers and a pair of scissors.
He was refused bail to appear at a Children's Local Court today.
Bus drivers call for COVID-19 leave
The Transport Workers' Union (TWU) says the confirmed case of a bus driver infected with coronavirus shows the need for all bus drivers to receive special leave provisions.
A trainee bus driver worked for three days while infectious (August 20, 21 and 24) on routes in Blacktown, Rouse Hill, and Mt Druitt.
The TWU says drivers in the private sector should be covered by the same provisions as those employed by the NSW Government, who are covered by Sydney Buses operator State Transit.
Over 1,800 bus drivers have signed a petition calling for special leave if they have to self-isolate or are infected with COVID-19 through their job.
'Priceless assets' need greater bushfire protection
The Nature Conservation Council has praised the NSW Government for backing all 76 recommendations of the bushfire inquiry, but says one area of the inquiry has been overlooked.
The environmental group wants bushfire risk management plans to give greater value to the protection of environmental assets, such as threatened species and rainforests, describing them as "priceless".
"[The Summer] fires demonstrated the need for fire planners to value and protect environmental assets like koala forest habitat in the same way they do houses and other infrastructure," Nature Conservation Council chief executive Chris Gambian said.
He said the protection strategy that was developed and deployed for the Wollemi Pine during the bushfires shows what can be done.
Epic swim along NSW coast
Long distance swimmer Craig Clarke is recovering after completing an epic journey from Lake Macquarie to Newcastle yesterday.
The coal miner swam a gruelling 36 kilometres along the former route for coal ships in just under 12 hours.
The coronavirus pandemic didn't allow him to take on the English Channel as planned but he still wanted to put over two years of training to good use.
Mr Clarke's swim raised $13,000 for Beyond Blue.
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