New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian faces criticism for the current Great Sydney lockdown, after previously making a point about avoiding lockdowns in the state.

Just after last week’s state budget, which showed New South Wales’ positive economic recovery, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet claimed the state has “gold standard testing, tracing, quarantine.”

As a result, Ms Berejiklian has been questioned over whether the initial delay in lockdown measures was political, which she claimed it was not.