'We don't know everyone's circumstances': When you are exempt from wearing a mask

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Kate McIlwain
Updated January 6 2021 - 10:10am, first published January 5 2021 - 4:30pm
"We're doing all we can to support them": Towradgi resident Joanne Kind - who is exempt from the new mask rules - with her support worker Alison Bard. Picture: Robert Peet.
"We're doing all we can to support them": Towradgi resident Joanne Kind - who is exempt from the new mask rules - with her support worker Alison Bard. Picture: Robert Peet.

As Wollongong gets used to life where face masks are mandatory in many public indoor settings, it's important to remember some people are lawfully exempt from the new rules.

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Lisa Wachsmuth

Deputy Editor

Deputy editor and health reporter at the Illawarra Mercury, covering stories in the Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama local government areas. For news tips email lwachsmuth@austcommunitymedia.com.au

Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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