Here is what you need to know this morning.
Trains still on reduced timetable
Rail services will again operate on a pared-back timetable today as the state's rail union continues protected industrial action.
The Rail, Tram and Bus Union says it's confident a normal timetable can be arranged by next week.
Union officials are expected to meet with the state's transport minister today for continued talks about pay and conditions.
The union says its members deserve an apology after workers were left in the lurch after Monday's system lockdown.
"Some members copped significant abuse once the politicians started laying the blame at our feet," a spokesperson said.
On Wednesday, the NSW government dropped its case against the union in the Fair Work Commission after taking legal advice.
Teachers union on restrictions lifting
Meanwhile, the state's teachers federation says the easing of restrictions in schools should have been more gradual.
From Monday, students will be able to mingle with other grades and parents will be allowed back on school grounds.
Masks will also no longer be mandatory for students and high school staff, with masks for staff at primary schools and early child care centres set to go the week after.
Teachers Federation president Angelo Gavrielatos says those risk-mitigation strategies were useful and now schools would be in a "world of greater unknown".
"All of that's been lifted and we believe that's premature and what should have happened was a more steady, graduated lifting of restrictions, not all at once, but one at a time."
Support for beachgoers
Mental health and educational drop-in services will be provided at some of Sydney's beaches this weekend after a "shocking" few weeks of ocean deaths.
Ocean swimmer Simon Nellist was killed last week near Little Bay after a shark attack. It was the first fatal shark attack in Sydney waters in almost 60 years.
Weeks earlier a man and his son were swept off the rocks near Little Bay and drowned.
Randwick Mayor Dylan Parker says drop-ins will be held at Maroubra, Malabar and Little Bay.
"Even several days on, it's really still shaken up our community and people have been expressing to me that they're obviously shocked but really just taken aback that something like this could happen along our coastline," he said.
Woman followed, robbed
Police have released CCTV images and are appealing for public assistance after a woman was robbed in Bankstown last week.
The woman was walking to her car about 8.30am on Thursday, February 17, in the Bankstown Centro carpark when she was followed by a man with a knife who demanded her handbag.
While the woman, 40, ran, the man caught up to her, before threatening her, snatching her handbag and fleeing the scene. The woman was not physically injured during the incident.
Her attacker was last seen running along Wattle Street, Bankstown.
The man seen in CCTV was described as being Caucasian, about 170cm tall, with a dark beard and a long blonde/brown plaited ponytail. He walks with a distinct limp of his left leg.
He was wearing a two-toned blue Nike jacket with light blue on the bottom and dark blue sleeves, a high viz yellow shirt underneath, dark blue, three-striped Adidas track pants, stone-coloured workboots, wearing a 'Gant' brand cap and a black face mask.
Anyone with information should contact Bankstown Detectives or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Labor calls out unvaccinated Liberals
The state opposition is calling on the Premier to take action against those in the Liberal's parliamentary ranks who refuse to be vaccinated.
In a speech to the Upper House, Labor's Walt Secord accused the government of hypocrisy.
"You can't have a double standard. You can't say to people in the community that you'll lose your job if you're not vaccinated but you can be a parliamentarian and be unvaccinated and walk around the chamber, go into the community and meet constituents," the Shadow Health Minister said.
The Premier's office has been contacted for comment.
