The first, after months of hard work a drug syndicate has been 'smashed' by police with 16 arrests across Wellington and Sydney.

Drugs have been taken away, those who have been dealing them have been arrested, and the streets of our towns and cities have been made a bit more safer through the hard work of our police officers.

The second, an announcement from Gladys Berejiklian and the State Government that there would be a wage freeze for all NSW public sector workers.

Needless to say residents reactions to both stories have been at opposite ends of the scale, and why wouldn't they be?

It's been a lot of thanks to our hardworking police officers and anger at the state government for their decision which affects every single public service workers - including nursers, doctors, teachers and police officers - who have been on the front line during this hard time.

During the press conference the premier was asked what she thought nurses and police officers who had been at the front line of the pandemic would feel about not receiving the expected wage rises.

She didn't really answer the question - side-stepping (something all our politicians are so good at) by saying she was 'grateful' for their work.

Grateful for those who put on a uniform each day to be spat on, coughed on, abused and sworn at (and that's just what we have heard about today).

But not grateful enough to give them the payrise we think they all deserve.

It's been a stressful time over the past two months, with police out enforcing restrictions and nurses and doctors dealing with a highly contagious virus. And that's why we think these workers deserve that payrise, to show they really are appreciated for the work they do.

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